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Old April 3rd 12, 06:57 PM posted to sci.space.policy
Bob Haller
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Default If global change really raises ocean levels.

On Apr 3, 11:12*am, Catherine Jefferson
wrote:
On 4/3/2012 6:14 AM, bob haller wrote:

where would launch facilties be relocated to? The KSC type stuff,
since they are literally on the beach.


Virgin Galactic built its Space Port America in New Mexico, at over
1,000 M / 3,000 ft. altitude. *SpaceX would need a different type of
facility, since it uses vertical launch, but there is plenty of flat,
largely unused desert plateau land in New Mexico and Arizona and the
U.S. government owns quite a bit of it.

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how about the overflight risk? a malfunction booster coud drop debris
on atlanta or other major metropoltian area.

the rise in ocean levels and global teperatures appear a fact of life,
and look at the number and severity of storms and tornadoes