I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
NPR reports on America’s first private “spaceport” under construction in the southern New Mexico town of Upham. Spaceport America was supposed to be finished by early 2011, and the state has put $200 million into the project.
Riding into space will set you back $200,000:
“Our anchor tenant is Virgin Galactic, so we already have one very strong customer coming to the spaceport,” Andersen says. As the shuttle program winds down and military budgets tighten, Andersen thinks it’s the right time and place for the spaceport.
According to the company’s website, tickets for a Virgin Galactic trip into space cost $200,000. Some critics scoff at staking the state’s job creation on what amounts to be a few, very expensive, carnival rides.
“Well, that’s the space tourism part, so those are the actual six passengers that get to ride in the spaceship,” Andersen says. “We’re going to have a lot of interesting other things that have to do with space, and I think people will be very excited about that.”
