New Mexico Spaceport Authority

The New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) is a non-governmental panel, appointed by the Governor of New Mexico, whose members represent the public sector in the development and construction of Spaceport America, the world's first purpose-built commercial spaceport.

Two-thirds of the $212 million used to build the spaceport was paid by the State of New Mexico with the rest provided by bonds backed by Doña Ana County and Sierra County,^[1] which will be partially repaid by locally generated gross receipts tax revenues. NMSA operates the spaceport, whose anchor tenant is Virgin Galactic, a component of the Virgin Group of global companies operated by Sir Richard Branson.^[2]

^ Roberts, Chris (2010-10-23). "New era draws closer: Spaceport dedicates runway on New Mexico ranch". El Paso Times. Archived from the original on 2012-12-10. Retrieved 2011-01-16. two-thirds of the $212 million required to build the spaceport came from the state of New Mexico... The rest came from construction bonds backed by a tax approved by voters in Doña Ana and Sierra counties.
^ "Spaceport America near Las Cruces heads into Phase II". Las Cruces Sun-News. Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2012-03-23.

[ept20101023-1] Roberts, Chris (2010-10-23). "New era draws closer: Spaceport dedicates runway on New Mexico ranch". El Paso Times. Archived from the original on 2012-12-10. Retrieved 2011-01-16. two-thirds of the $212 million required to build the spaceport came from the state of New Mexico... The rest came from construction bonds backed by a tax approved by voters in Doña Ana and Sierra counties.

[Phase_I-2] "Spaceport America near Las Cruces heads into Phase II". Las Cruces Sun-News. Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2012-03-23.

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