It took a
while to get there, but it was easy.
Departing Truth or Consequences we headed east, driving by a depleted
Elephant Butte Lake (need more El Nino to fill it up) and the entrance to Ted
Turner’s Armendaris Ranch.
It was a
nice paved road that led to the entrance.
A futuristic
sculpture greeted us, along with a guard shack.
It was an
open house, and those of us fascinated by space travel were treated to a
personal inspection of Spaceport America.
Airplanes
were arriving – these belonging to the Civil Air Patrol – as we wandered
around, wondering, when, when, when, when will something be happening and what
will it be.
Little
birdies tell me there is a launch about every month of some kind of rocket…and
perhaps more important – some secret research being done by a giant
corporation. My birdie wouldn’t confirm
what was going on behind closed doors – but a Google Search comes up with an
idea. It could be Google (now called Alphabet)
that’s experimenting with communications that reach far beyond my little ol’
desktop computer. No sign of any of
that – but who knows what goes on behind those walls.
Sometime in
the next couple of years people, real people, are expected to be getting into
some vehicle that looks like this mockup and head for a brief visit to
space. It’s an exciting time for New
Mexico – and someday, someday this giant of a hangar will house 3 reusable
space ships and astronauts wanting a few seconds in space.
Who knows
who Richard Branson’s Virgin America will be taking there.
I wish, I
only wish!
Fascinating,
fascinating…Flash Gordon is right in our back yard.
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