Licensing
"This is a tremendous opportunity for Oklahoma," said OSIDA Director Bill Khourie. "The benefits are just enormous as to what can branch out from this." He claims that this site will have advantages over the other licensed sites because it is the first that will use the national airspace system without government restrictions. Khourie said, "Other spaceports are utilizing restricted airspace and must receive approval from military agencies. We are not going to be restricted by that situation. That's a plus for the operators operating out of this facility."
The receipt of a launch site operator license gives Oklahoma a good position in the nascent space tourism industry — a market which is also being targeted by California, New Mexico, Florida and Wisconsin, as well as Singapore and the United Arab Emirates. Other spaceport licenses have already been issued to two facilities in California and one each in Florida, Virginia and Alaska, according to the FAA.
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