Intersection | Is Commercial Space&Building Spaceports the Next Step?
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
By: Mark Simpson

July 19, 2011 | WMFE - NASA and the US space manned space program are betting that commercial ventures will pick up where the Space Shuttle leaves off at the end of this week. 90.7's Mark Simpson talks with George Whitesides, CEO of Virgin Galactic about how close the company is to realizing its vision of bringing tourists into space from the New Mexico desert. Representing the industry side of things, Craig Steidle, president of the Commercial Space Flight Federation discusses how politicians in Washington DC view spaceports.