TRUTH, OR CONSEQUENCES NEW MEXICO ¨C After passing a sign reading, ¡°Danger: falling aliens,¡± New Mexico artist Roy Lohr and his dog, Yoda, lead visitors to the ¡°spaceport¡± he has built in his backyard out of wine bottles and cement.
It is no wonder the lanky 69-year-old embraces the real Spaceport America in his town¡¯s backyard, the world¡¯s first space base built expressly for commercial launches. It soon will be the site of the first space flights with Briton Sir Richard Branson¡¯s Virgin Galactic.
¡°It is hard for locals to realize the impact it is going to have, but it is slow coming, and this is a tiny little town,¡± said Lohr. He has no doubt that ¡°things are happening.¡±
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