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OK, sign me up for space travel.
This just in from Gov. Bill Richardson’s press office: Virgin Galactic has signed a 20-year lease agreement with New Mexico.
That’s a big step toward Richardson’s repeatedly stated hopes for a spaceport in southern New Mexico.
Virgin Galactic’s world headquarters will be established in New Mexico, and its operations will be located at New Mexico’s Spaceport America, the nation’s first purpose-built commercial spaceport, according to a news release from the governor’s office.
“The signing of this agreement is a momentous day for our state and has cemented New Mexico as the home of commercial space travel,” Richardson said. “I want to thank Virgin Galactic for partnering with us to create a whole new industry that is going to transform the economy of Southern New Mexico — creating thousands of jobs, generating money for education, boosting tourism and attracting other companies and economic opportunities to the area.”
The signing of the lease agreement comes just days after the Federal Aviation Administration issued a launch license to the New Mexico Spaceport Authority. The lease agreement with an anchor tenant was the final requirement set by the New Mexico Legislature to release the next level of funding for Spaceport America, and it has cleared the way for construction to begin early next year, the news release says.
