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February 20, 2015

N.M. debates whether to sell spaceport

  • Testing for a reusable rocket being developed by Elon Musk's SpaceX is expected to begin at the $220 million spaceport this spring.
    • By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN
    Associated Press

    SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico lawmakers on Thursday debated the merits of Spaceport America and whether its futuristic hangar, its nearly 2-mile-long runway and the 18,000 acres that surround it will offer a return on taxpayers' nearly quarter-billion-dollar investment.

    Sen. George Munoz, D-Gallup, said lawmakers have a responsibility to ask the question, and that's why he introduced a measure that calls for selling the spaceport.


     
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