Space Port: Wallops Island, Virginia

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Space Port: Wallops Island, Virginia

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We have a new Space Port! A commercial launch site at Wallops Island, VA.
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Bound to happen eventually, since Obama neutered NASA, the private sector was going to have to step up sooner or later.

And now we're one step closer to the MegaCorp Starlines dystopian future which several authors have warned about for sixty plus years now...
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Don't worry -- the Sirius Cybernetics Corp. will buy them out soon enough.

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I wish i could find a recording of the "Talking NASA Wallops Island Blues"...
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