{"id":339,"date":"2006-07-05T08:33:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-05T14:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2006\/07\/plans-for-texas-spaceport-finally-revealed\/"},"modified":"2006-07-05T08:33:00","modified_gmt":"2006-07-05T14:33:00","slug":"plans-for-texas-spaceport-finally-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2006\/07\/plans-for-texas-spaceport-finally-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans for Texas spaceport finally revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/5892\/2386\/1600\/Blue%20Origin2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/5892\/2386\/200\/Blue%20Origin2.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Though its existence has been much less publicized than that of the Southwest Regional Spaceport at Upham in <st1:state st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:state>, there\u2019s another spaceport being built a little more than 100 miles away in <st1:place st=\"on\">West Texas<\/st1:place>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">It\u2019s financed by billionaire Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com, and being built north of <st1:place st=\"on\"><st1:city st=\"on\">Van   Horn<\/st1:city>, <st1:state st=\"on\">Texas<\/st1:state><\/st1:place>, on private land. That\u2019s why you\u2019ve heard less about it: It\u2019s on private land and being privately financed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">But watch out. It\u2019s on schedule to compete with <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>\u2019s spaceport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">According to an article on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/businesstechnology\/060705_blue_origin.html\" target=\"_blank\">Space.com<\/a>, Blue Origin\u2019s New Shepard Reusable Launch System is planned for commercial flights beginning in 2010. New Mexico\u2019s plan has full-scale commercial launches beginning in 2009, but UP Aerospace\u2019s planned March launch, necessary to collect data for the federal license, was delayed until May and has still not happened. <st1:place st=\"on\"><st1:state st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:state><\/st1:place> wants everything to run smoothly, as it should, but Bezos\u2019 plan shows that the timeframe is tight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">New details of the Blue Origin plan became public because the company recently submitted its draft environmental assessment to the Federal Aviation Administration, Space.com reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The company plans to launch reusable space vehicles into suborbital space. In addition to the launch site, the facility will include a vehicle processing facility, landing and recovery area, and astronaut training facility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The company plans to complete construction of most of the facility this year (faster than <st1:state st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:state>) and conduct its first low-altitude tests (like <st1:state st=\"on\"><st1:place st=\"on\">New Mexico<\/st1:place><\/st1:state>). From 2007-2009, the company plans to continue high-altitude tests as it gradually builds to reaching suborbital space so it can begin commercial launches in 2010.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">A public hearing will be held July 25 at the Van Horn Convention Center, Space.com reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Folks, we have ourselves a race. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though its existence has been much less publicized than that of the Southwest Regional Spaceport at Upham in New Mexico, there\u2019s another spaceport being built a little more than 100 miles away in West Texas. It\u2019s financed by billionaire Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com, and being built north of Van Horn, Texas, on private land. 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