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Got this from Ellen Cohen newsletter:

 

Council Member Cohen and her colleagues on the Budget & Fiscal Affairs Committee received a presentation from Director Mario Diaz of the Houston Airport System regarding the viability of planning for a future commercial spaceport in Houston. Director Diaz noted that Houston's Ellington Field Airport is particularly well-positioned for becoming a global hub for commercial spaceflight due to Houston's current aerospace infrastructure within the NASA community and our proximity to the Gulf of Mexico and Latin America.

 

 

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If they're talking about launching rockets, I don't think being that close to a large population center is a good idea. Note that launch sites are normally out in the countryside (as in Russia) or right next to the ocean (Kennedy) so that when something goes wrong fewer people get hurt.

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If they're talking about launching rockets, I don't think being that close to a large population center is a good idea. Note that launch sites are normally out in the countryside (as in Russia) or right next to the ocean (Kennedy) so that when something goes wrong fewer people get hurt.

There was some information about this on the Chron and from the Houston Airport System. Rockets use a vertical launch and vertical launches are restricted at spaceports

http://www.houstontx.gov/council/1/bfacommittee/20130709/spaceport.pdf

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First look at the rendering by PR newswire.

 

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/houston-airports-unveil-first-look-at-proposed-spaceport-222408381.html#prettyPhoto[pp_gal]/0/

 

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Animation Video Clips

 

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3gunfiy7hz13tcc/QY3D72f1V2/Spaceport%20Animation%20Video#lh:null-SCENE1_TIMELAPSE1.mp4

 

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3gunfiy7hz13tcc/QY3D72f1V2/Spaceport%20Animation%20Video#lh:null-SCENE1_TIMELAPSE2.mp4

 

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3gunfiy7hz13tcc/QY3D72f1V2/Spaceport%20Animation%20Video#lh:null-SCENE1_TIMELAPSE3.mp4

 

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3gunfiy7hz13tcc/QY3D72f1V2/Spaceport%20Animation%20Video#lh:null-SCENE3_FLYBY%20DAY1.mp4

 

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3gunfiy7hz13tcc/QY3D72f1V2/Spaceport%20Animation%20Video#lh:null-SCENE3_FLYBY%20NIGHT1.mp4

 

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3gunfiy7hz13tcc/QY3D72f1V2/Spaceport%20Animation%20Video#lh:null-SCENE3_FLYBY%20NIGHT2.mp4

 

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3gunfiy7hz13tcc/QY3D72f1V2/Spaceport%20Animation%20Video#lh:null-SCENE3_main%20axis%20day.mp4

 

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3gunfiy7hz13tcc/QY3D72f1V2/Spaceport%20Animation%20Video#lh:null-SCENE3_main%20axis%20night.mp4

 

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3gunfiy7hz13tcc/QY3D72f1V2/Spaceport%20Animation%20Video#lh:null-SCENE3_TERMINAL%20DETAIL1.mp4

 

10 https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3gunfiy7hz13tcc/QY3D72f1V2/Spaceport%20Animation%20Video#lh:null-SCENE3_TERMINAL%20DETAIL2.mp4

 

11 https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3gunfiy7hz13tcc/QY3D72f1V2/Spaceport%20Animation%20Video#lh:null-SCENE3_TERMINAL%20DETAIL3.mp4

 

12 https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3gunfiy7hz13tcc/QY3D72f1V2/Spaceport%20Animation%20Video#lh:null-SCENE3_TERMINAL%20DETAIL%20NIGHT.mp4

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Got this from Ellen Cohen newsletter:

 

Council Member Cohen and her colleagues on the Budget & Fiscal Affairs Committee received a presentation from Director Mario Diaz of the Houston Airport System regarding the viability of planning for a future commercial spaceport in Houston. Director Diaz noted that Houston's Ellington Field Airport is particularly well-positioned for becoming a global hub for commercial spaceflight due to Houston's current aerospace infrastructure within the NASA community and our proximity to the Gulf of Mexico and Latin America.

 I would as a Flight Attendant rather see Known Crew Member at Hobby...

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Who do I speak to about opening up a kiosk at the Houston Spaceport?

 

Oooo-baby! I just love typing out the word 'spaceport'. It sends chills down my spine!

 

spaceport

spaceport

spaceport

 

I think I just had an orbit-gasm!

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The few that will pay for the Virgin Galactic (...etc) flights couldn't sustain this type of Spaceport.  But...when low orbit becomes a mode of Travel transport between destinations...that's what will make this Port useful.  Dallas won't be able to come up with anything to compete.  :-)

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This whole idea strikes me as so profoundly dubious.  Just because Houston was once known as "Space City" doesn't make it the logical location for space tourism.  I can just picture whoever sponsored the render-ware artist saying "Just make it look like, you know, cool!" so they added maglevs etc. 

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I love the location just because it's near beltway 8 and near the proposed Generation Park. Both are bringing thousands of jobs and new industry's to Houston, which would strengthen the city's economy even more than what it is now.

 

The state of Texas is a hub for space flight considering that Space X has one proposed for South Padre Island and Xcor has one proposed for Midland. 

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Looks like the same architecture of that one proposal for the as trowels site. It's an ambitious dream. It will be interesting to see how the commercial world takes over the space program, however it won't work if there's no profit. That's the difference when the government drops its manned space flight (for the betterment of mankind vs. a profit generating cool factor).

Crossing fingers.

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To many people outside of NASA, the idea of commercial spaceflight may seem like too much science fiction thinking without enough roots in reality.

 

If this were the case, it wouldn’t make that much sense for the city of Houston to invest in a spaceport.

However, space experts insist that commercial spaceflight is right around the corner.

 

 

Full Article: http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/blog/nuts-and-bolts/2013/09/how-real-is-the-houston-spaceport.html

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This whole idea strikes me as so profoundly dubious.  Just because Houston was once known as "Space City" doesn't make it the logical location for space tourism.  I can just picture whoever sponsored the render-ware artist saying "Just make it look like, you know, cool!" so they added maglevs etc. 

 

It seems to me that Houston is the perfect location for this. Houston has more people with aerospace experience than probably any other place in the world.

And the proximity to NASA has to be a good thing.

Especially with all the companies that are in that area and contracted by NASA like Lockheed Martin Space Operations, Boeing, Aerospace Corp. , Orbital Science Corp., Odyssey Space Research, Spacehab Inc., Oceaneering Space Systems, and a few dozen other Space related companies:

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/about/people/contractorlist.html#.UitZdm2G6Yg

 

 

Space tourism is great but the main use, at least initially, would probably be satellite deployment or science and research.

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