Spaceport America, the first major commerical space travel departure point on Earth, has been announced to open in 2010. The site, located in New Mexico, will be the hub for Virgin Galactic air(space?)lines, which will ferry afluent people from terra firma to the orbiting Galactic Suites Space Hotel. It will also be the headquarters of XPrize Cup and Rocket Racing League.......
Right off the bat, let me say that we, as a civilization, missed a golden opportunity to name this thing "Mos Eisley". However, failing that glorious hypothetical scenario, the very existence of a spaceport on Earth is enough to divert blood flow to the southern hemisphere of my body. Granted, it only flies one place. And that one place won't be finished until two years after the spaceport. And that one place will also only be applicable for the roughly 40,000 out of the 7 billion human beings on the planet, who can afford the $4 million dollar fee. But still.... ITS A FUCKING SPACEPORT!!
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Look for scattered news reports about a troubled youth chopping off odd-looking bar patrons' arms in about a year. When witnesses will be questioned, they will reveal that the youth left the bar only after a large, hairy man and scruffy rogue informed him that their vessel was capable of avoiding "Imperial entanglements". Which translates to "being able to avoid Richard Branson.... at all costs".
Source (Geekologie)...
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