Posted on November 27, 2012, at 7:30 am .
DENVER (Front Range Airport PR) — Front Range Airport is ready to launch its bid for spaceport licensing with full funding commitments from strategic partners.
“The Colorado Department of Transportation’s Division of Aeronautics approved a grant request for $275,000, which is the last commitment needed to match a $200,000 grant received Sept. 25, 2012, from the Federal Aviation Administration’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation,” said Dennis Heap, executive director for Front Range Airport.
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Posted on September 26, 2012, at 5:17 am .
WASHINGTON (FAA PR) – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced nearly $500,000 in new Space Transportation Infrastructure matching grants to three projects located in California, Colorado and Hawaii that will help develop and expand commercial space transportation infrastructure.
“These investments will help us continue to develop a safe and robust commercial space industry in the United States,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.
Continue reading ‘FAA Awards $474K in Commercial Space Transportation Grants’
Posted on September 25, 2012, at 12:06 pm .
WASHINGTON (Mark Udall PR) — Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet and Mark Udall announced Sept. 25, 2012, the approval of $200,000 in grant funding from the Federal Aviation Association (FAA) to conduct a feasibility study on locating a spaceport in Denver.
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Posted on April 28, 2012, at 8:42 am .
By Douglas Messier
Parabolic Arc Managing Editor
The Mojave Air and Space Port has developed a profitable consulting business: advising other groups about how to build and operate their spaceports.
Officials from the California spaceport have provided advice to spaceport operators in New Mexico, Oklahoma, Sweden and the Caribbean island of Curacao, said Mojave CEO Stuart Witt.
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Posted on January 22, 2012, at 5:09 pm .
A bill has been introduced in the Colorado Legislature that would provide commercial spaceflight operators with liability protection in the event they injure or kill customers.
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Posted on December 8, 2011, at 12:22 pm .
Colorado has applied to the FAA of spaceport certification of Front Range Airport, which is about 22 miles from Denver and six miles from Denver International Airport. The reason? To prepare for the impending era of suborbital, point-to-point passenger service:
The impetus for applying for spaceport certification now is the result of serious interest on the part of out-of-state companies preparing for future space tourism, said Tom Clark, CEO of the Metro Denver Economic Development Corp.
The companies, which Clark would not identify, are working on a spacecraft that takes off horizontally from a runway like a plane but then, tens of thousands of feet into the air, lights a booster rocket capable to taking passengers past the upper reaches of the atmosphere, Clark said.
That would open up the possibility not just of space travel to ordinary — but wealthy — people, but also of ultrafast travel to points on Earth, he said.
“Once you light that thing, then you’re in Sydney [Australia] in an hour and a half,” Clark said. “We in Colorado like to brag about being able to ski in the morning and golf in the afternoon. This would let us boast we can ski in morning and be surfing just after lunch — that’s the future these people are talking about.”
It’s a great vision. I’m not sure just how quickly that will happen. There are a lot of steps involved and it could take some time. On the other hand, why wait until it’s here to get a spaceport designation? And in the meantime, Colorado would be able to attract companies developing the vehicles.
Continue reading ‘Look Out Spaceport America! Here Comes Colorado’
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