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The Houston City Council has approved $18.8 million for the first phase of an ambitious effort to develop a spaceport at Ellington Airport. The funding will pay for the construction of basic spaceport infrastructure, including streets, water, wastewater, electrical power distribution facilities, and communications facilities, according to the City Council agenda. The council awarded the contract for the improvements, which are designed to help attract potential users of the spaceport, […]https://parabolicarc.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Ellington_spaceport_1.jpg