The Plan to Make Michigan the Next Space State
Residents are up in arms about a proposed spaceport project, the first of its kind in the Midwest, which would involve launching rockets near the shoreline of Lake Superior.
via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/news/us-journal/the-plan-to-make-michigan-the-next-space-state
Perhaps the most striking comment in the report—and potentially the most damaging to mama’s efforts to promote the idea of a spaceport for Michigan—is a line from the executive summary: “the annual revenue generated from a launch cadence of one rocket launch per week in Michigan would have the same revenue impact in the State equal to the annual revenue of two additional fast-food chain restaurants.”