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The New Mexico Spaceport Authority 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, a facility, under construction as of March 2012, that is expected to enter operation as the first privately operated active spaceport in the United States. Spaceport America was built with State money and bond funding provided by county debt. 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 and Sierra county,〔 〕 which will be partially repaid by locally generated sales tax revenues. The state of New Mexico has privatized the operations of Spaceport America; the spaceport will be operated by Virgin Galactic, a component of the Virgin Group of global companies operated by Sir Richard Branson. While the Spaceport Authority will exercise public-sector oversight, Virgin Galactic will be the "anchor tenant" of the spaceport.〔 ==Operational status== In February 2011, the governor of New Mexico appointed Christine Anderson as executive director of the Spaceport Authority.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Governor Susana Martinez Announces Christine Anderson as Spaceport Executive Director )〕 In April 2011, the Authority announced that its budget for fiscal year 2012 had been reduced by 57 percent. In March 2012, the Authority announced that it had completed what it called ''Phase I'' of the Virgin/Spaceport America construction project. This Phase I included a 10,000-foot runway, a terminal hangar, and a domed Space Operations Center. Phase II, the visitor center and actual liftoff pad, remained unbuilt as of March 2012.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「New Mexico Spaceport Authority」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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