FAA approves Oklahoma Spaceport

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ A proposed space port in western Oklahoma has won approval from the Federal Aviation Administration for an operator's license. <br/><br/>The FAA announced today its issuing a non-federal

Tuesday, June 13th 2006, 12:47 pm

By: News On 6

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ A proposed space port in western Oklahoma has won approval from the Federal Aviation Administration for an operator's license.

The FAA announced today its issuing a non-federal commercial launch site operator license to the Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority for its spaceport at Burns Flat.

The development authority will still need a separate launch license or permit from the FAA before sending commercial flights into space.

Operators of the spaceport hope to run a space tourist business by selling tickets to suborbital flights into space that would take off and land at the former Clinton-Sherman Airpark in Burns Flat.