Spaceport Boom

"It’s almost humorous to watch the worldwide battle of the spaceports…they’re everywhere." - Burt Rutan

And it's true, looking over the list it seems that from the East Coast to the West, Americans won't be far from a sub orbital launch point. The question though, has to be asked to what end? Will these maginficent spaceports (costing hundereds of millions of dollars) be useless?

To look at the playing field for orbital launches one only sees rockets and more rockets. Burt Rutan seems like the only likely contender for any space port launch vehichle. And as Rutan admits, it is a bit humurous to think that these dozens or so spaceports, that are not only popping up all over America but, all around the world, will be useful.


Realisticly the future of space tourisms will be a billion dollar industry, but for who? Currently Burt Rutan and Sir Richard Bransons Virgin Galactic stand only to make such a profit of sub orbital flights, they have and are not foreseen to have any competitors. With hudereds of customers lined up already, let's just say they are booked for the first few launches.


The better question to be asked is, will Burt Rutan be able to deliever as many SpaceShipTwo's as are needed, and will Virgin Galactic be able to spread out it's resources - literally - around the world.

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