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Spaceport Colorado Awaits FAA Licensing Decision Later This Year

Pat Host

Friday, April 21st, 2017

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Colorado hopes to have an answer from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on its spaceport site operator license application later in 2017, according to a key official.Spaceport Colorado Airport Director Dave Ruppel told sister publication Defense Daily April 18 that paperwork was submitted a year ago and now Colorado is going through the pre-review process. The FAA, he said, takes your application and runs it past other FAA divisions to evaluate concerns. Once that takes place, Ruppel said an environmental…

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