Category Archives: space

8 States with Spaceports. Read the bill from the state creating the 2017 spaceport act.

Add Georgia to the existing 7 states with space ports.

Which states have space ports?

  • California has 2
  • Florida has 2
  • Texas has 2
  • Oklahoma, Alaska, New Mexico and Virginia each have 1

What legislative parameters did Georgia put around its spaceport?

  • risks must be dislcosed to any participants in writing, signed by the participant
  • liability is limited except for intentional acts and gross negligence

What sparked Georgia to legislate?  Competition. The belief that Alabama muight move first…

Does A Space Port Qualify as a Public Purpose for Eminent Domain? Probably Not in this Red State.

Where: Georgia

Why does the sapce port need eminent domain? Because of the frequency of launches, land surrounding the area may need to be condemned for safety purposes.

What state law impediment exists? In 2006, Georgia amended its eminent domain laws to require a public purpose, and it’s believed space travel does not meet that standard.

WABE Atlantat’s NPR | Safety, Legal Issues Could Ground Georgia Spaceport Plans

Funding Space Travel in Texas. Texas Losing to Florida. The Key intel:

Space X wants the Texas Spaceport Trust Fund funded. Here’s what you need to know:

  • 2015 Legislature put $0 into the Texas Spaceport Trust Fund
  • Florida funds its space fund at the rate of $20 million per year
  • Florida funds are used for public-private partnerships
  • SpaceX has 500 employees in Central & South Texas
  • SpaceX invested $70 million at the MacGregor facility
  • Space X partners with  250 Texas vendors

RioGrande Guardian | SPACEX CALLS ON LEGISLATORS TO SUPPORT TEXAS SPACEPORT…

3 Bits of Informed Intel on all the new Aerospace And Aviation Advisory Committee Appointees

  • Sharon Denny
    • McKinney
    • vice president of Strategy for Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems
    • B.S. in journalism from the University of Maryland & a Master of Science in natural resource management strategy from the National Defense University in Washington D.C.
  • Amy L. Gowder 
    • San Antonio
    • vice president of Supply Chain Management for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
    • B.S.  in bioengineering from Arizona State University & a MBA from MIT
  • Cathy Kilmain, Ph. D.
    • North Richland…

City Council Moves Forward with Spaceport to Benefit Airport

Houston City Council this week approved changes to develop a spaceport at Ellington Field. City Council made these 5 moves:

  1. Houston City Council approved the $6.9 million purchase of a 53,000-square-foot building on the grounds of the future spaceport
  2. Only airport funds will be used for the purchase
  3. Creating development for incubators that will house early-stage companies
  4. A TIRZ, a Management District? No, its an  innovation district 
  5. Intent from anchor tenant-  Intuitive…