From the Integrity Research Institute, to whom thanks. UK to Launch Commercial Spaceport by 2018 By Rob Coppinger, Space Contributor | August 06, 2014 12:58pm ET space/26749-uk-spaceport-commercial-space-plane.html?cmpid=558125 The U.K. government is laying the groundwork for its first spaceport in anticipation of a growing space tourism demand and a growing space plane industry by 2030, according to a new timetable. Government officials also envision orbital launches from that country within the next 15 years. According to the new timetable, unveiled at the Farnborough International. Airshow last month, the U.K. is planning to build $85.5 million spaceport (50 million British pounds) and anticipates a space tourism market worth $65 million each year, as well as a space plane industry worth $33.9 billion (20 billion pounds) by 2030.
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