Houston Embraces Big City Spaceport Challenges

HOUSTON—The Houston Airport System’s (HAS) commercial spaceport license, granted by the FAA in June 2015, features a significant constraint—horizontal launches and landings only. But HAS seems quite willing to embrace this limitation. “Can you imagine a Falcon Heavy rocket igniting at Ellington...

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