CNN News:"宇宙飞船二号"在美国太空港完成首次试飞
What is the oldest state capital in the United States? Richmond, Virginia, Boston, Massachusetts, Sacramento, California, or Santa Fe, New Mexico? Santa Fe was established by the Spanish in 1610 making it the oldest state capital in the country.
The state of New Mexico is also home to Spaceport America. A takeoff and landing site for spacecraft that opened in 2011. The facility has seen its share of delays, setbacks and criticism since then. Its $220 million cost has been funded by taxpayers and one of the main reasons for building it was to accommodate space tourism and that hasn't taken off yet. This is now one of several spaceports that have been built in the United States.
Critics say there are now more of these facilities than there is business for them. But there was a successful test flight at Spaceport America last week. Virgin Galactic, which is the main tenant there, completed an unpowered flight of its SpaceShipTwo vehicle. And that was seen as another step towards space tourism