Los Angeles Chapter virtual meeting on November 11
Spaceport America was created and funded by the State of New Mexico to support the partnership with Virgin Galactic and its promise of space tourism. The spaceport now encompasses 18,000 acres and is surrounded mostly by BLM and other state land. The campus supports horizontal launch with a 12,000 x 200 ft concrete runway, vertical launch with a remote site 5 miles away, and advanced aerospace technologies like kinetic launch in another area over 10 miles away.
Yet, as in virtually all space-related endeavors, its success has been a long time coming with many fits and starts along the way. With Virgin Galactic now having gone to space twice from New Mexico, and with regular use by other tenants, Spaceport America is finally coming into its own in the “new space,” “Space 2.0” economy.
Please join us online on Thursday, November 11, 8:00–9:00am Pacific Time for an inside look at the world’s first purpose-built commercial spaceport when Scott A. McLaughlin, Executive Director, New Mexico Spaceport Authority, will share some of the history of Spaceport America along with some of the successes and hiccups felt along the way.
The meeting is free for members and $25 for non-members For more information and to register to attend the meeting go to https://adflanov21.eventbrite.com/.
Information about joining The A&D Forum is at https://aerospacedefenseforum.org.
The Los Angeles Chapter of The Aerospace & Defense Forum is hosted by Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Mitchell and sponsored by Chubb, Bolton & Company Insurance Brokers, Stanton Chase, Moss Adams, and Fifth Third Bank.
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