Editing Rincon, New Mexico (section)

==Economy==
Rincon is 33 miles north of [[Las Cruces, New Mexico]], on [[Interstate 25]], and approximately 20 miles south of [[Spaceport America]],<ref name=bn20110811>
{{cite news |last=Mac|first=Ryan |title=Spaceflights From New Mexico Desert Depend on New Jobs |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-27/spaceflights-from-desert-s-journey-of-dead-depend-on-new-jobs.html |access-date=2012-01-16 |newspaper=Bloomberg News |date=2011-08-11 }}</ref> 
a new purpose-built [[spaceport]] being built by the [[New Mexico Spaceport Authority]] with [[U.S. state|State]] and county funding.<ref name=ept20101023>
{{cite news |last=Roberts |first=Chris |title=New era draws closer: Spaceport dedicates runway on New Mexico ranch |url=http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_16411102 |access-date=2011-01-16 |newspaper=El Paso Times |date=2010-10-23 |quote=''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.'' |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121210172846/http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_16411102 |archive-date=2012-12-10 }}</ref>
Spaceport construction has generated some 800 temporary jobs on the site, but some Rincon residents have been skeptical that the spaceport will generate as many jobs in the long term as supporters claimed in the runup to public funding.<ref name=bn20110811/>
{{as of|2012|01}}, one company, [[Virgin Galactic]], plans to employ about 150 persons at the spaceport site.<ref name=lcsn20120114>
{{cite news |last=Alba Soular |first=Diana |title=Virgin Galactic's Butler builds NM operation |url=http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_19746189 |access-date=2012-01-14 |newspaper=Las Cruces Sun-News |date=2012-01-16 |quote=''"In [the Las Cruces] office, we're likely to have about 20 people. And at the spaceport - it's hard to be precise at this point - but in the region of 150 direct jobs. Of course, the contractors we'll take on is a much bigger number."'' |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115110437/http://www.lcsun-news.com/las_cruces-news/ci_19746189 |archive-date=2012-01-15 }}</ref>