Baja SpacePort
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 Artist's rendering of the proposed tourist facility at the Baja SpacePort in Baja, USA. The design is similar to the mothballed Spaceport USA's main terminal facility built several decades ago. | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Jurisdiction | Sinclare MEGAcorp |
| Headquarters | Baja, USA |
| Parent agency | Sinclare MEGAcorp |
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Location
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Advantages
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Another advantage of the spaceport's location relates to safety. The spaceport allows for safe launches over water to the east, west, north, and south. Launches over water are inherently safer than launching over land. This is because there is a much lower chance of damaging property or endangering life if problems arise during a launch causing a spacecraft to crash. Safety distances to the east and north are more limited than those to the west and south.
It's location near a large seaport also makes it possible to easily deliver large rocket components to the facility
No other spaceport on Earth shares the same combination of advantages, thus making the Baja SpacePort a highly desirable launch facility. The Sinclare Mc has capitalized on its advantage by leasing portions of the facility to competitors. As a result, most military based and land locked launch facilities in the United States have seen a significant decrease in launches. This has caus4Jëg}qÙ*��'ã½�"–|/3�ã�ʇpü²m0X/��ÿ��Óo!Ñ—†:÷�Žù�TP=Hw¶_Ãl�·kùä�Ûaí(m¿k{�Øõš¼µ nÞ8‘§ÍãÁü¤Xæ?ÖaôçI¿qüWö�˜?>)ú£ð~(ÿ�ꧾ¬ŸÆ½�Õ”Oa?tͯ¡½n�xþøú— tt�å�ÝçjÀüön‰W�>�5�œ�þì�‚òñ»„>ÛŸ!û.zÎþ�ýÖƒŽÿË&B¨ä~á—q¿ºO÷Š=ó}¨ùG\Î焨¿»Pø³,þŸs>Êm¯[!¡ùG¤þkáY�Î’½b{1íSŒ...[null Fragmentary Encryption Anomaly]; Information irretrievable, data stream terminated.