(Alan Boyle / msnbc.com) Steve Landeene talks on a cell phone from the spaceport. Coverage varies.
New Mexico Spaceport Gears Up for Tourism
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OCTOBER 28, 2009
Alan Boyle, MSNBC

If plans succeed, Spaceport America and its surroundings could become a multibillion-dollar center for tourism as well as spaceflight - something akin to Florida's Space Coast with a Wild West twist. If the plans totally flop, the locale could wind up as a $198 million ghost town.
It's up to Steve Landeene, the New Mexico Spaceport Authority's executive director, to make sure those plans don't flop. "You've got to have a lot of vision here," he said.
Read the story by Alan Boyle on his blog, Cosmic Log: cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/