As X Prize Cup Nears, New Mexico Plans Spaceport

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The first official meeting of the New Mexico Spaceport Authority was held in las Cruces Aug. 17 to begin establishment of the Southwest Regional Spaceport in New Mexico, which authority officials hope will serve as a major departure site for commercial space launches, including proposed passenger-carrying rockets offering suborbital and orbital treks. "It is a big step forward," said Rick Homans, Spaceport Authority chairman and New Mexico Economic Development Department secretary, about the meeting. Previously, a state office of space commercialization and a New Mexico space commission had done planning work on the spaceport, he said.