Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Spaceport America Gearing Up

Early this morning, according to Leonard David, Lochheed Martin and UP Aerospace jointly carried out a test flight of a new aircraft that uses some advanced technology. The flight left from Spaceport America in New Mexico.

Spaceport officials says they plan to host vertical launches by the first quarter of 2009, and the main buildings at the facility will be ready by 2010.

Exactly what the advanced technology being tested involves is unclear; the companies have decided to hold that information between themselves for now. Checking to see if there were a flurry of UFO reports over New Mexico this morning might give some clues. The area, of course, has a history as a home of both UFO sightings and honest-to-gosh but hush-hush testing of experimental craft.

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