America’s Forgotten Early Quest For Hypersonic Flight (Forbes)

 America’s Forgotten Early Quest For Hypersonic Flight.

Blue Origin tests passenger accommodations on suborbital launch (Spaceflight Now)

 Blue Origin tests passenger accommodations on suborbital launch.

Starship SN9 | 10 kilometer flight (Everyday Astronaut)

 Starship SN9 | 10 kilometer flight.

FAA Should Encourage Private Investment to Improve Spaceports (Reason Foundation)

 

FAA Should Encourage Private Investment to Improve Spaceports.

Virgin Galactic says each spaceport it launches from is a $1 billion annual revenue opportunity (CNBC)

 Virgin Galactic says each spaceport it launches from is a $1 billion annual revenue opportunity. 

THE NEED FOR SPEED: UVA ENGINEERING BOOSTS HYPERSONIC TRAVEL (UVAToday)

 THE NEED FOR SPEED: UVA ENGINEERING BOOSTS HYPERSONIC TRAVEL. 

SpaceX Will Repurpose Oil Rigs To Build A Starship Spaceport At Sea (CleanTechnica)

 SpaceX Will Repurpose Oil Rigs To Build A Starship Spaceport At Sea.

Virgin Galactic says test flight problem identified (KRQE)

 

Virgin Galactic says test flight problem identified.

Virgin Galactic is Determined to Take Tourists into Space this Year (Globetrender)

 Virgin Galactic is Determined to Take Tourists into Space this Year.

The Planned Conversion of Airports to Spaceports in the United States (Space Policy)

 

The Planned Conversion of Airports to Spaceports in the United States

        Burleson and Kozak (2020) presented a methodology for evaluating whether an FAA-licensed airport is a suitable candidate for conversion into a dual-use airport/spaceport. They argued that there would be a need for additional spaceports in the United States, as a result of increasing demand for orbital and suborbital launches. For the purposes of their paper, the authors focused only on horizontal landing spacecraft - both vertical takeoff and horizontal takeoff. In addition to the FAA's requirements for spaceport approval, Burleson and Kozak (2020) developed their own three guidelines, namely the airport's current infrastructure, location away from major populations, and trajectory and exclusion zones. The authors identified five potential airport candidates for conversion to dual-use airport/spaceport in the United States. 

Reference:

Burleson, C. & Kozak, B. (2020). The Planned Conversion of Airports to Spaceports in the United States.     Space Policy, 52, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spacepol.2020.101362

FAA, NASA bolster commercial space activities partnership (Transportation Today)

 

FAA, NASA bolster commercial space activities partnership.

Preparing for “Earth to Earth” space travel and a competition with supersonic airliners (NASA spaceflight.com)

 

Preparing for “Earth to Earth” space travel and a competition with supersonic airliners