Technology - Megastructures: Spaceport America

A unique business requires a very special home and Virgin Galactic will have just that at Spaceport America in New Mexico. Back in 2005, Virgin Galactic and the State of New Mexico announced that they had reached an historic agreement which would see the building of a state funded $200m spaceport on a 27 square mile area of land in the southern part of the New Mexico the Land of Enchantment. Virgin Galactic will establish its headquarters and operate its space flights from Spaceport America, the worlds first purpose built commercial spaceport which is now under construction. Spaceport America will provide cutting edge facilities and a wonderful location for fledgling astronauts to realise their dreams. Construction is now well under way and the New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) recently dedicated the newly completed nearly two-mile long Governor Bill Richardson Spaceway at Spaceport America, representing significant progress towards launching commercial customers into space from the desert of New Mexico.