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We are preparing to become the first visitors to the spaceport
Architectural bureau Foster + Partners won an international tender for the construction of the world's first private tourist spaceport The New Mexico Spaceport Authority Building or Spaceport America.
The architects managed to develop a rational plan cosmodrome, resembles a stingray or a spaceship "Millennium Falcon" from "Star Wars", if you like. Spaceport will be divided into several zones, some of which will be allocated for the tourists, and some - for pilots-astronauts. Maximum balance between accessibility and privacy: passengers will have full access to all sections of the spaceport, but some areas, such as the control room, you can only watch from the side - direct access to it is limited.
Financing of the project will state organization New Mexico Spaceport Authority, created specifically for the development of space tourism. The construction budget is $ 31 million. The construction is scheduled to begin in 2008 and be completed - in late 2009 - early 2010's.
Already in 2009 from Spaceport America should begin regular flights to suborbital space tourism spaceplane SpaceShipTwo company Virgin Galactic.
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The architects managed to develop a rational plan cosmodrome, resembles a stingray or a spaceship "Millennium Falcon" from "Star Wars", if you like. Spaceport will be divided into several zones, some of which will be allocated for the tourists, and some - for pilots-astronauts. Maximum balance between accessibility and privacy: passengers will have full access to all sections of the spaceport, but some areas, such as the control room, you can only watch from the side - direct access to it is limited.
Financing of the project will state organization New Mexico Spaceport Authority, created specifically for the development of space tourism. The construction budget is $ 31 million. The construction is scheduled to begin in 2008 and be completed - in late 2009 - early 2010's.
Already in 2009 from Spaceport America should begin regular flights to suborbital space tourism spaceplane SpaceShipTwo company Virgin Galactic.
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