As technologies advance and costs decline for entry into the industry, a spaceport infrastructure will be necessary to link activities within the space industry. This creates opportunities for research, education, tourism, and manufacturing.

A Spaceport can serve as the axis of an ecosystem providing access to space through vertical launch capabilities and/or horizontal takeoff flights. One of the most notable companies that are responsible for a lot of the growth in space is SpaceX. Starship is the next generation of rockets that can carry large payloads off-planet. Boca Chica is where these megarockets are born. 

Brownsville South Padre Island International Airport is close to the Starship base. Today’s guest is the airport’s Deputy Director of Development & Security and is behind the effort for a spaceport in the area.

Show Notes:

ABOUT FRANCISCO PARTIDA

Deputy Director of Development & Security of Brownsville San Padre Island International Airport 

FranciscoPartida@brownsvilletx.gov

Brownsville San Padre Island International Airport

https://flybrownsville.com/

https://www.facebook.com/flybrospi/

City of Brownsville, TX

https://www.brownsvilletx.gov

https://www.facebook.com/BTxRGV

https://twitter.com/BTxRGV

Spaceport Trust Fund

https://gov.texas.gov/business/page/spaceport-trust-fund

ABOUT IZZY

Izzy’s website – CLICK HERE

Author of Space Marketing: Competing in the new commercial space industry on Amazon and Audible – CLICK HERE

Podcast host for Space Marketing Podcast – CLICK HERE

Organizer for Space for Kentucky Roundtable – CLICK HERE

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