IT APPEARS OFFICIALS WITH SPACEPORT AMERICA IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO WILL BE ASKING LAWMAKERS IN SANTA FE FOR MORE MONEY TO OPERATE THE FACILITY. THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS THE SPACEPORT WILL BE ASKING FOR ONE MILLION DOLLARS, UP FROM NEARLY 376-THOUSAND DOLLARS THIS YEAR.
SPACEPORT C-E-O DAN HICKS TOLD THE SPACEPORT BOARD LAST THURSDAY THAT THE MONEY WOULD HELP THEM CATCH UP ON TWO YEARS’ WORTH OF MAINTENANCE, WORK DELAYED BY A SERIES OF BUDGET CUTS. ONE BRIGHT SPOT…VIRGIN GALACTIC’S ANNUAL RENT IS ABOUT TO TRIPLE…FROM 1 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR TO THREE MILLION.
VIRGIN GALACTIC IS STILL WORKING ON IT’S PROGRAM TO TAKE TOURISTS INTO SPACE, LAUNCHING FROM THE SPACEPORT.
