Midland Closes In on Spaceport License
Texas Gov. Rick Perry flanked by XCOR officials in front of a full-scale mockup of the Lynx space plane in Midland. (Credit: Gov. Rick Perry’s Office)
A couple of brief updates on the XCOR move to Midland, Texas. It looks as though the FAA is about to complete its environmental assessment of Midland International Airport’s spaceport license application:
In the next two weeks, the Federal Aviation Administration General Council is expected to approve the airport’s environmental assessment portion of their application.
The application will then be published in the federal register.
CBS-7 News is also reporting that once the full application is approved, city officials “will hold a public meeting to take input on the project sometime in February.”
XCOR and the city of Midland announced a $10 million deal to move the company’s R&D facility to the West Texas airport in July 2012. The move is contingent on the airport receiving a spaceport license from the FAA.
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Well, it is appearing more and more like we are about to see multiple flight/launch systems. Way cool.