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Old 02-29-2012, 09:14 PM
 
Location: Rockaway Beach, Oregon
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Layer 8: Commercial suborbital balloon flight facility takes shape

The Near Space Corporation this week said it would begin developing a $6.9 million phase of what it says is the first commercial high altitude balloon flight facility in the country.

Commercial balloon flights to near space will be launched - though the company didn't say when -- from the new facility in Tillamook, Oregon, including several of those reserved through the NASA's Flight Opportunities Program.

Weird, cool, and something I'm kind of curious about (what with living nearby now and all...)
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Old 03-02-2012, 07:01 AM
 
Location: the Beaver State
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Interesting. Seems a bit of a limited industry though. Personally I'd really like to see dirigibles back in use in general. Sure they're slower then airplanes, but they're more efficient then trucks and with new technologies coming out can only get more so.
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