Spaceports - Virgin to Build World's First Airport for Spaceships (GALLERY)

Virgin Galactic is planning on building the world’s first spaceport in New Mexico. Virgin has been waiting a long time to do this, but finally a winning design has been chosen. The construction of the spaceport is planned to start in 2008, This gigantic spaceport will be made in a 100,000 square-foot facility. The total cost is expected a $31 million.  Gizmodo notes, “The SpaceShipTwo and its carrier craft, White Knight Two, will be completed in 2008 as well, so the company is well on its way to offering cheap cheaper space flights.”

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Space Miles - Two Million Virgin Atlantic Miles Get You Into Space

Collecting more air miles than you can use?  Well, now you can use your air miles to get into space.  For two million Virgin Atlantic air miles, you can buy one of the $200,000 tickets on Virgin Galactic’s commercial spaceship.  [More]