$7M Spaceport Runway Extension OK'd

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. March 30, 2012 (AP)

The nearly two-mile-long runway at Spaceport America in southern New Mexico will have to be extended to accommodate Virgin Galactic's sleek rocket-powered spacecraft, spaceport officials confirmed Thursday.
New Mexico Spaceport Authority board members voted during a regular meeting Wednesday to extend the runway by another 2,000 feet. Spaceport America is the world's first terminal, hangar and runway built specifically for commercial space travel.

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