white sands dc x it is interesting to note in the past few days correspondance that some believe that poor old new mexico is not capable of hosting a commercial space launch business for many reasons it can and we here on the front lines see no reason why it should not the spaceport political publicity referred to the other day had its intended effect the state of new mexico did establish the start of the necessary government infrastructure to back a commercial space port the commanding general at wsmr is in full support of dual use for the facilities the wsmr location also has some strategic advantages in the form of necessary infrastructure and controlled air space to support the project just because the folks involved have not done the traditional aerospace equivalent of vapor ware by inviting folks out to kick non existent tires but have been merely doing their job to prepare for launch don t think that nothing has happened from my interactions with the macdac folks i get the impression that they want to set a firm believable launch date based on vehicle readiness and not just some fiction to plug a space on a calendar i believe that all will happen this summer and don t worry the locals here are planning to let everyone know when it does occur stephen horan shoran nmsu edu
