The Government of Ras Al Khaimah has entered into an agreement with Space Adventures Ltd to build a $265m spaceport in the emirate. This will be the base for flights of a Russian built suborbital spacecraft. Space Adventures Ltd is the same company that took the world's first three space tourists to the International Space Station. [AMEInfo.com]
Posted February 18, 2006
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