Editing Spaceport (section)

== Space tourism ==

The [[space tourism]] industry (see [[List of private spaceflight companies]]) is being targeted by spaceports in numerous locations worldwide. e.g. [[Spaceport America]], New Mexico.

The establishment of spaceports for tourist trips raises legal issues, which are only beginning to be addressed.<ref name = "Virginia Spaceport">{{cite news |url=http://spacelawprobe.blogspot.com/2007/02/virginia-leads-way.html |author=Londin, Jesse |title=Space Law Probe: Virginia Leads The Way |publisher=blogspot.com |date=9 February 2007 |access-date=28 April 2007 |archive-date=22 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822125221/http://spacelawprobe.blogspot.com/2007/02/virginia-leads-way.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="MSN">{{cite news |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/13304491 |author=Boyle, Alan |title=Regulators OK Oklahoma spaceport - Suborbital test flights could begin in 2007, setting stage for tourists |publisher=NBC News |date=13 June 2006 |access-date=26 June 2006 |archive-date=30 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430194818/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/13304491 |url-status=dead }}</ref>