Back when I was a kid, I devoured eveny Robert H. Heinlein book I could. One of the major reasons was how he portrayed the future in such a realistic fashion. One of his recurring themes included quick thumbnail descriptions of the local spaceport. Heinlein's stories frequently included throwaway references to "Goddard Field," or similar.
Reality has finally begun to catch up. Mohave Airport is now Mohave Spaceport.
And it's a private enterprise.
Maybe not too far off in the future we'll hear something like "Mohave Interplanetary Spaceport Flight 209, now leaving for Luna, Mars, and Ceres."
This article was cross-posted to Dean's World.
Posted by Casey at June 19, 2004 2:32 AM | TrackBack