The Government has offered Australia's three mobile operators, and vividwireless, renewal of their existing spectrum allocated on 15 year licences in the late 90s and early 2000s at set prices, while the Government expects to rake in $3 billion.
Additional information about WK2, SS2, and Spaceport America, where the flights will originate, are found at the iTWire article “First 'spaceport' gets FAA approval in U.S.”
The general manager for the Mojave Air and Space Port, Stuart Witt, stated, "It's a big day. I think it's a real reflective time. When everybody's looking for a bailout, there are still people that are doing something for a much larger reason.” [Fox News: “Space Tourism Aircraft Makes Maiden Test Flight”]
Witt added, "And here we are on a Sunday morning...in a place out here in the middle of nowhere and really neat stuff is happening. It just looked beautiful. What brings people to this desolate landscape on a Sunday morning in December is more about what forced them here."
And, "Innovation by the private sector is a void being filled because NASA deserted 90 percent of the sandbox and left it open for us to fill." [Fox News]
During this December 21st flight, the WK2 was accompanied by a Beechcraft King Air aircraft, which filmed the event.
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