The complete and accurate history of Spaceport America, from 1990 to October 2007, as presented by several key co-founders in Las Cruces on October 23, 2007, at the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS), hosted by the New Mexico Space Grant Consortium (NMSGC)

1. History of
Spaceport America
Lou Gomez
Bill Gutman
Burton Lee
Bernie McCune
PSL Leonard R. Sugerman Public Forum
Tuesday October 23, 2007
Las Cruces, NM

2. Overview
 Major Historical Themes
– From Re-entry Capsules to Rockets
– DC-X Launch Vehicle
– VentureStar
– Spaceport site selection
 Phase I: Spaceport Startup
 Phase II: Southwest Regional Spaceport
 Phase III: Spaceport America
 Other important topics
– Bumps Along the Road
– Funding Sources
– The People & Organizations Behind Spaceport America
 Q&A and Wrap-up
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3. Spaceport America
Located in southern New Mexico in Sierra County, between Las Cruces and Truth
or Consequences…
Spaceport
America
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4. Principal Historical Phases
 1990 - 1992
– Phase I: Spaceport Startup
 1993 – 2003
– Phase II: Southwest Regional Spaceport (SRS)
 2004 to Present
– Phase III: Spaceport America
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5. Phase I:
Spaceport Startup
(1990 - 1992)
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6. Major Accomplishments
 Initial spaceport concept proposed (March 1990)
– Site intended for land recovery of re-entry capsules from orbit
– Leverage NASA Ames/HQ-Stanford University re-entry capsule programs
 Discussions with PSL and WSMR initiated (March 1990)
– Burton Lee (Stanford University), Bernie McCune and Len Sugerman (PSL)
– John Lockerd, WSMR Director; WSMR Flight Safety Office
 Seed funding raised (September - November 1991)
– $950,000 for “a study of a reusable space capsule landing site“ by NASA
 Funds for NMSU/PSL feasibility/technical studies (NASA earmark HR2519 via
Sen. Domenici, authored by BLee)
– $450,000 for “safety and environmental studies of the White Sands Missile Range
to determine the feasibility of using the Range as a possible landing site for the
recovery of unmanned capsules for NASA“
 Funds for WSMR safety studies (DoD earmark HR2521 via Sen. Domenici,
authored by BLee)
 First spaceport strategic and marketing plan developed
 Secured early support of NMSU and PSL
 DC-X test flights at WSMR initiated
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7. From Re-entry Capsules …
Science and Technology Payloads
Recovery of NASA Comet Sample
Return Stardust Capsule in Utah - 2006
Germany-Japan
Express Capsule
1995
European Space Agency
ARD Capsule
Russian Japanese Users
Foton Capsule Capsule 2002
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8. … About Re-entry Capsules …
 Initial market for New Mexico “Spaceport” in 1990 - 1992
– Outgrowth of work at Stanford University, NASA Ames and HQ on re-entry capsules
 New Mexico as a premier land recovery site for continental USA
– Large land areas with low population densities
– Range facilities available at Spaceport America and WSMR (tracking, communications, etc)
– Science facilities available at NMSU and other locations
 Early 1990s
– NASA, international and commercial re-entry capsule programs
COMET program (NASA)

LifeSat (NASA/Japan)

European, Japanese and Russian capsules

 Today
– Commercial and scientific capsules
SpaceX Dragon capsule

SpaceHab Apex vehicle

Indian SRE capsule

Russian Foton capsule

MIT Mars Gravity Biosatellite capsule

– Manned capsules
NASA CEV capsule

Russian and Chinese capsules

 Market size
– Small (both in revenues and jobs) compared to launch services market
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9. … Re-entry Capsules Today …
Manned Capsule Recovery
TSpace CXV Capsule
Chinese Manned Capsule
SpaceX Dragon
(2003 Land Recovery)
Capsule
(Water Recovery)
NASA CEV Capsule
(Land Recovery)
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10. … To The DC-X Launch Vehicle
Delta Clipper Experimental
Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) Demonstrator
DC-XA On Pad
DC-X Launch
DC-XA First Flight
1992 - 1996
DC-XA First Landing
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11. DC-X Video Clip
Engine Test Firings
Launch
Landing
Horizontal Translation
Hover
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12. Phase II:
Southwest Regional Spaceport (SRS)
(1993 - 2003)
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13. Major Accomplishments
 Formation of Southwest Regional Spaceport Taskforce
 Shift from Reentry Capsule Recovery to Launch-to-Orbit
 Follow-on funding raised from Air Force
 NM Office for Space Commercialization (NMOSC)
created and funded (1994)
 NMOSC pursues VentureStar and entrepreneurial space
programs (1997 - 2006)
 Spaceport site selection analysis and studies
 Spaceport site selected (Upham)
 Environmental Impact Statement work initiated
 Developed overland flight Safety methodology
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14. Major Themes during 1993 - 2003
 Studies and Organizing the process
 Site Selection, Safety, Regulatory, Economics
 Who are the players and are we on the same page?
 NM Office of Space Commercialization
 BLM, White Sands, FAA, and others
 The new space entrepreneurs - enter McDonnell-
Douglas and Kistler
 Completion of the NASA study and the AF studies
 A new leader at NMOSC - X33 Lockheed Martin
 X-Prize Cup
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15. Past Studies and Reports
NASA-sponsored NMSU/Physical Science
Laboratory Technical Feasibility Report and
Strategic Development Plan (1995)
Air Force Grant 1
Air Force Grant 2
Preliminary Draft Environmental Impact Statement
Site License application
NASA grant Business Plan
Governors Technical Excellence Committee
(GTEC) Report, 1995 (updated in 1997)
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16. Spaceport Site Selection
Requirements
– Feasibility
– Operations
– Safety
– Environmental
– Infrastructure
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17. Spaceport Site Selection
 Optimization of
spaceport site
location around the
following factors:
– Utilization concept
– Safety
– Resource access
– Minimum
environmental
impact
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19. New Mexico’s Advantages
Low population density
Uncongested airspace
Altitude advantages
Excellent weather
State support, both political and popular
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20. Low Population Density
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21. Uncongested Airspace
Spaceport
America
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22. High Altitude Launch Site Provides More Payload
This plot applies to vertical launch to orbit, but a similar advantage applies
to vertical launch of suborbital vehicles
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23. Excellent Weather
Southern New Mexico’s benign climate is
amenable to year-round outdoor work
Major weather disturbances, such as hurricanes
and tornadoes, are rare
There is no salt air corrosion
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24. 1995 - 2000
Completion of Site Selection Studies
A New Leader at NMOSC
New Mexico Spaceport Summit
McDonnell-Douglas X-33
Lockheed-Martin X-33 and VentureStar
– NM Proposal
– Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
– Site License
Refocus of Spaceport-FAA on the team
Organizing the NM Team
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25. Winning – and Losing - VentureStar
 NASA X-33 & Lockheed VentureStar (commercial version)
 Between July 1 and September 4, 1998, New Mexico
prepared the Statement of Qualifications that, but for one
detail, won the VentureStar program for the State
– The program was canceled before even the X-33 ACTD flew
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26. VentureStar Milestones
 Lockheed Martin/VentureStar Program
– Gave us an opportunity to establish the NM program, identify issues
– January 1998 RFQ/RFP schedule was announced; two phase
process--Statement of Qualifications, Request for Proposals
– April-July 1998 looked at 12 potential launch sites
– September 1998 submitted SOQ : two sites were submitted,
Upham (the original site, slightly modified) and Orogrande (on
WSMR)
– July 1999 New Mexico debriefed
– Continuing discussions with Lockheed Martin 1999-2000; we took
the Orogrande site “off the table”
– November 1999 X-33 Composite Fuel tank failure
– March 1, 2001 X-33 Cancelled
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27. VentureStar Proposal
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28. X-33/VentureStar™ Program
VentureStar TM
Build investor and customer
confidence and technical
X-33 understanding
X-33 Half-scale technology demonstrator
to verify key technologies to reduce
risks and costs of VentureStarTM
Phase II
VentureStar TM
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Fully operational launch service provides for satellites
First flight and payloads to low Earth orbit and beyond
X-33 vehicle
Phase III
Single-stage-to-orbit
technology
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
• Full-scale design
• Scaled-up engine testing Decision to proceed
First flight
with VentureStarTM
• Composite liquid oxygen tank
Full-scale development
Flight
Revenue
test
service
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29. VentureStar Spaceport Design
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30. VentureStar Spaceport Siting
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31. 2000 - 2003
 End of VentureStar Effort
 EIS on hold
 SRS License/Site Issues/Flight Safety
 Looking for new business
 Space Entrepreneurs and Enterprise
Developers Symposium (SEEDS)
 Writing the X-Prize Cup Proposal
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32. Phase III:
Spaceport America
(2004 to Present)
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33. Major Accomplishments
 Gov. Bill Richardson backs spaceport (2003)
 Winning the X-Prize Cup competition (2004)
 Formation of New Mexico Spaceport Authority (2005)
 Economic Impact studies performed (2005)
 Virgin Galactic comes to New Mexico (2005)
 Passage by NM state legislature of funding authorization (2006)
 Temporary suborbital pad construction (2006)
 First launch – UP Aerospace (2006)
 DMJM architecture & engineering contract (2006)
 Dona Ana County passes tax referendum (2007)
 Three X-Prize Cup events (2005-2007)
 Three Personal Spaceflight Symposia (2005-2007)
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34. Winning the X-Prize Cup!
 Between August 1 and December 10, 2003, New
Mexico wrote the proposal that won the annual
X-Prize Cup for the State
 Formal announcement of win made May 11, 2004
 Annual event since October, 2005
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35. X-Prize Cup Proposal
Proposed partnership
between state of New
Mexico & X-Prize
Foundation, with
collaboration of
WSMR
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36. Spaceport Economic Impact Analyses
NASA Report economic
impact study (1995)
Two economic impact
studies completed for
NM EDD (late 2005)
– NMSU School of
Business
– Futron Corporation,
Bethesda, MD
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37. New Aerospace & Tourism Cluster
Commercial Space Transportation, Manufacturing and Services
A diversified market, revenue, jobs and tax base.
Source: Burton Lee, Chief Economist, New Mexico Commercial Spaceport Economic Impact Study, Futron Corporation, December 2005.
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38. Spaceport Economic Impact
 Futron Study Results (December 2005):
– Jobs and economic activity impacts
 Construction phase (maximum annual estimates, 2007 only)
– 2,460 new jobs
– $331 M of additional economic activity
 Spaceport Operations and Visitor spending – Primary impacts in 2020
– 4,300+ new jobs
– $550 M of additional economic activity
 Aerospace Cluster – Secondary impacts in 2020
– Space vehicle and aircraft manufacturing, headquarters operations and support
services activities
– 1,000 to 1,500 additional new jobs
– $200+ M in economic activity
– Key assumptions
 Suborbital tourism and orbital flights begin in 2010
 3.5x growth in NM suborbital tourism market from 2010 to 2020
 Spaceport serves as lynchpin for new aerospace manufacturing & services
cluster in southern New Mexico
 Included expected NASA contract win by t/Space Corporation
 200,000 visitors to combined X-Prize Cup and Rocket Racing League event
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39. Virgin Galactic Comes to New Mexico
 December 14, 2005
– Governor Richardson and Sir Richard Branson
Announce Virgin Galactic World Headquarters in New
Mexico
SpaceShipTwo + White Knight Two
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40. Spaceport Temporary Construction Begins
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41. First Launch from Spaceport
UP Aerospace
 September 25, 2006,
2:14 PM
 Perfect launch
 At T+8 s, aerodynamic
instability resulted in
failure to reach planned
altitude and range
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42. Second Launch from Spaceport
UP Aerospace
April 28, 2007 8:59 AM
Perfect Launch of
slightly redesigned
vehicle
Near-perfect flight
Impact within White
Sands Missile Range
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43. Bumps Along the Road
Spaceport America was not a “slam dunk”…!
Many institutional, political and financial hurdles
encountered along the way
Spaceport America (“Southwest Regional
Spaceport”) succeeded due to a core group of
dedicated visionaries who hung in there when
times were tough, and who were in place and
“ready to go” when new leadership arrived in
Santa Fe
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44. Sources of Funding, 1990 to present
(partial listing)
 BLee/Stanford University: $25,000 (in-kind services, travel
expenses) (1990 to 1991)
 NMSU: $20,000 BLee Consulting Contract (10/91 to 10/92)
 NASA: $950,000 (92 to 95)
 WSMR: $450,000 (92 to 93)
 Air Force Grant I: $750,000 (94 to 95)
 Air Force Grant II: $1.1 M (95 to 96)
 NM EDD: $6.7 M (1994 to 2006)
 NM state legislature: $140,000,000+ authorized; $46.1 M
appropriated (2005 to present)
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45. Special Thanks…
To the Volunteers
and Visionaries Behind
Spaceport America
(1990 to Present)
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46. A Volunteer Grass Roots Effort since 1990
New Mexico’s spaceport program would not
have happened without years of dedicated effort
and commitment by many community activists
and volunteers from Las Cruces, Alamogordo,
Albuquerque, Roswell, TorC, Hatch, El Paso and
many other local communities.
These individuals believed in the future benefits
of the spaceport for all of New Mexico, when
many others did not, and persevered…
Thank You!!
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47. “Cast of Thousands”
Persons Who Contributed To Spaceport America
•Burton H. Lee
•Phil Aragon •Bill Dettmer •John Hall
•Margaret “Peggy” Lee
•Paul Arthur •Pete Domenici •Jerry Hanks
•Ann Lewis
•Jake Baca •Dave Donahe •Kathy Hansen
•John Lockerd
•Brian Barnett •Bruce Donisthorpe •Roger Hanson
•Bill Loomis
•Joe Bierdon •Lucy Dunn •Dwight Harp
•Belinda Lucero
•Kevin Boberg •Kent Evans •George Harris
•Karl Lumbaugh
•John Bosma •Richard Fischer •Kimmarie Hartley
•Casey Luna
•Jeff Bingaman •Alex Flint •Rick Holdridge
•Jim Manatt
•Don Birx •Dave Forge •Mike Holston
•Don Manzanares
•Dick Borowski •Joe Fries •Rick Homans
•Frank Marquez
•Ben Boykin •Charlie Garcia •Steve Horan
•Preston Marx
•Ed Boykin •John Garcia •Mary Houdek
•Larry Matthews
•Gary Bradsher •William Garcia •Pat Hynes
•Tom Matula
•Brett Brown •Bill Gaubatz •Paul Jaramillo
•Bill McCamley
•Jack Burns •Lance Grace •Gary Johnson
•Ann McConnell
•Garrey Carruthers •Toots Green •David Keese
•Tom McConnell
•Paul Cassidy •Janet Greenlee •Mike Kelley
•Bernie McCune
•Harold Connell •Lou Gomez •Rich Kestner
•Carole McGuire
•Pete Conrad •Art Guenther •Bruce King
•Peter Mitchell
•Betty Coughlin •Sid Gutierrez •Gary King
•Tom Mobley
•Ray Cox •Bill Gutman •Yolanda King
•Steven Montaño
•Larry Cunningham •Richard Haas •Dave Kirkpatrick
•Olga Morales
•John Darden •Bob Haddock •Barry Law
•Lorretta Morgan
•Joe Dearing •Alan Hale •Jerry Laws
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48. “Cast of Thousands”
Persons Who Contributed To Spaceport America
•Joe Thompson
•Ron Schena
•Tim Morgan
•Ave Tombes
•Harrison Schmitt
•Joe Muhlberger
•Ken Towrey
•Hanson Scott
•Barbara Myers
•Steve Traver
•Mark Shellans
•MaryAnn Myers
•Stephanie Troller
•Joe Sholtis
•Donna Nelson
•Erin Ward
•Will Siegler
•Debbie Nethers
•Hal Wetter
•Bob Silver
•Andy Nuñez
•Richard Wharton
•Joe Skeen
•Kelly O’Donnell
•Gary Whitehead
•Durand Smith
•George Orlicki
•Bob Wiegle
•John Arthur Smith
•Gary Parker
•George Williams
•Rich Smith
•Steve Pearce
•Walt Wolfe
•Ron Spain
•Denny Peterson
•Weston Wolfe
•John Spalding
•Roger Plowman
•Pam Wood
•Jess Sponable
•Tony Popp
•Ben Woods
•John Stapp
•Bill Porter
•Dennis Woywood
•Susan Stauffer
•Don Purdum
•Bill Stepp
•Richard Ramsey
•Len Sugerman
•Bill Redmond
•Bob Sullivan
•Harry Relkin
•Greg Sullivan
•Silvestre Reyes
Thank You!!
•Lonnie Sumpter
•Bill Richardson
•David Sundberg
•Linda Riley
•J. Paul Taylor
•Barry Rishel
•Jim Thomas
•Al Rupp
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49. State Space Organizations
 Governor’s Technical Excellence Committee (GTEC) plus others
– to examine how NM could capitalize on science and technology
resources
 1994 Legislation Established New Mexico Office of Space
Commercialization, (NMOSC) and New Mexico Space Commission
– NMOSC:
 Provides overall leadership to a very broad and challenging program unlike
any other in State Government. No one has ever built and operated an
inland spaceport before
 Deals with National issues, rocket science, and customer programs of great
complexity.
 Commercial space other than spaceport
– Space Commission:
 Advise the Secretary Economic Development
 Provide annual report to the Governor
 promote the development of a spaceport and space-related activities
 New Mexico Spaceport Authority: Established 2005 Via HB 419
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50. Executive Directors
 George Harris (1/94 to 12/94)
 Lonnie Sumpter (Interim) (1/95 to 2/95)
 Lou Gomez (Acting) (3/95 to 6/96)
 Lance Grace (7/96 to 8/97)
 Lou Gomez (Acting) (9/97 to 12/97)
 Hanson Scott (1/98 to 12/02)
 Peter Mitchell (1/03 to 1/05)
 Richard Kestner (2/05 to 10/05)
 Lonnie Sumpter (10/05 to 2/07)
Thank You!!
 Rick Homans (3/07 to 7/07)
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51. Southwest Regional Spaceport Taskforce
 Founded in 1992 by Dr. Ave Tombes, VP Research and
Economic Development, NMSU
 First co-chairs:
– Ave Tombes, NMSU
– John Lockerd, WSMR
 Subsequent leadership included:
– Jack Burns, Ben Boykin, Donna Nelson, Lonnie Sumpter, Bill
Gutman, Richard Haas and others
 Major results included:
– Political and community coordination, information broker and
other important roles
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52. Spaceport Co-Founders
(listed by development phase, in alphabetical order)
 “Co-founders” are those  Phase I
individuals who played a – Burton Lee
– Bernie McCune
pivotal role in creating
– Len Sugerman
Spaceport America since
 Phase II
1990, either by:
– Paul Arthur
– raising significant funds;
– Joe Fries
– creating a vision of the future of – Lou Gomez
the spaceport and its benefits
– Bill Gutman
to New Mexico and the nation
– Hanson Scott
as a whole;
– Lonnie Sumpter
– leading and performing critical
– Ave Tombes
technical tasks;
 Phase III
– showing sustained political
– Rick Homans
leadership and will; or
– Bill Richardson
– through a superior track record
– Lonnie Sumpter
of “heavy lifting” and continuing
key support over many years.
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53. Spaceport America Co-Founders
(in alphabetical order)
Paul Arthur Lou Gomez Bill Gutman Rick Homans Burton Lee Bernie McCune
Joe Fries
Bill Richardson Hanson Scott Len Sugerman Lonnie Sumpter Ave Tombes
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54. Q&A
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55. Acknowledgements
 Co-authors of this presentation include:
– Burton Lee, Space Angels Network & Innovarium Ventures
– Bill Gutman, NMSU/PSL (retired)
– Bernie McCune, NMSU/PSL (retired)
– Lou Gomez, Program Manager and Historian, NMSA
– Ave Tombes, VP Research, NMSU (retired)
 The authors wish to thank the following individuals for
their support of this presentation of the history of
Spaceport America:
– Pat Hynes, Director, New Mexico Space Grant
– Jay Jordan, Director, Physical Sciences Laboratory (PSL)
– Kelly O’Donnell, Chair, New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA)
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56. Points of Contact
 Spaceport America History (1990 to present)
– Lou Gomez, NMSA Historian and Program Manager
 lou.gomez@state.nm.us
– Bernie McCune, NMSU/PSL (retired)
 bmccune@zianet.com
– Bill Gutman, NMSU/PSL (retired)
 billgutman@qwest.net
– Burton Lee, Space Angels Network
 blee@spaceangelsnetwork.com
 Spaceport America Today and Tomorrow
– Kelly O’Donnell, Chair, NMSA
– Lou Gomez, NMSA Program Manager
– Mike Holston, Program Coordinator, NMSA
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57. Thank You!
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