Spaceport Begins Construction In New Mexico

If you had $200,000 available, would you use it to experience five minutes of weightlessness?:

The tantalising prospect of escaping the Earth’s atmosphere and experiencing weightlessness has been in the pipeline for two years. And now it’s officially arrived.

Workers in New Mexico have broken ground in the construction of a terminal and hanger facility for the world’s first rocket spaceport for sending wealthy customers to the edge of space.

Members of the general are being tempted with the ‘most incredible experience of their lives’ for $200,000 (£122,000) from as early as 2010.

Called Spaceport America, the $200million (£122million) taxpayer-funded project will launch spacecraft off the 10,000-foot runway attached to an aeroplane.

The spacecraft will then break free and rocket 62 miles (100 kilometers) into space for a total of two hours including five minutes of weightlessness before coming back down to Earth.  [Daily Mail]