Tha taxpayers are footing 225 million for this "private" venture.
chump change......I can think of worse places to spend my tax dollars....like a bunch of do nothing ne'er do welfare cases
If space tourism takes off, NM will be in the game.
N.M. taxpayers. But is it any different than the stadium playgrounds or publicly funded airports that we build at similar expense? BTW - I don't like the stadiums either, but the justification is no different. If the sports teams and airlines are allowed access to taxpayer $s, then why not spaceports.
Okay a one time charge of 225 million. I'd say that's a bargain considering how much money NASA has milked off the taxpayers for the last 40 years.
Virgin will have a 20-year lease on the facility, with annual payments of $1 million for the first five years and rising to cover the cost of the project by the end of the lease.
*IF* this repayment adjust for expected inflation I would not have a huge problem with it (as I said cities build airports and lease terminal space why would this be different)..