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Spaceport America CEO Dan Hicks

Dan Hicks, CEO of Spaceport America

May 24, 2019 – Gene Grant sits down with the CEO of Spaceport America to discuss the future of commercial space flight in New Mexico now that Virgin Galactic has concrete plans to complete its move to the Southern New Mexico facility. Hicks talks about the millions of public dollars invested so far, why the facility might…

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The Line: State of the State’s Economy

Federal Money Dependency

May 24, 2019 – Diversifying New Mexico’s economy has been a goal for many years. But with the recent announcement that ExxonMobil anticipates pumping $64 billion dollars in economic benefits to the state over the next 40 years, it’s a hard to think of weening New Mexico off of the oil and gas industry. Still, the space tourism industry is…

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