The Rocketlands
In October I tried the Victorian approach to having a chest ailment and decided to ‘take the air’ somewhere less humid than old blighty. I headed for New Mexico. Apart from the desert air, it was a place I wanted to visit because its the location of the first Spaceport being constructed to take tourist flights. Richard Branson’s ‘Virgin Galactic’ is due to fly from a remote site close to the White Sands rocket test base. A hour and a half drive along a rocky white track and I found this sign. I drove around in the high chaparral for another hour or so, but the site proved elusive. I know it was there… but somehow it eluded me. As a long time space enthusiast, this location was the kicking off point for a personal project provisionally entitled ‘Rocket Lands’, more of which I will post at a later date.
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