- Mar 26, 2019
- 6 min
Straight Answers Needed to 50 Spaceport Questions
Until Camden County Administrator Steve Howard and Commission Chair Jimmy Starline answer the following straight-forward questions with simple YES or NO responses, they must not waste another taxpayer dollar on their dangerous, speculative spaceport. ( )YES or ( )NO - Do Canaveral and Wallops rockets launch immediately over the Atlantic Ocean from spaceport property? ( )YES or ( )NO - Will SpaceX Boca Chica rockets launch immediately over the Gulf of Mexico from spaceport
- Mar 8, 2019
- 2 min
It Doesn't Take a Spaceport to Be in the Rocket Business
In Iuka, a small Mississippi town with 3,059 residents, a group of 170 scientists and engineers recently gathered to discuss their next project: building large aerospace composite structures for Northrop Grumman’s new OmegA rocket. OmegA is being designed to launch the U.S. Air Force’s most critical spacecraft for U.S. national security missions. Outside of the work at Iuka (no spaceport), the OmegA is being produced completely on American soil. The program is headquartered a
- Mar 4, 2019
- 3 min
Spaceport Bond Baloney
Camden’s Hidden Tax Obligations --- Bond Baloney The accompanying public notice appeared in the Tribune and Georgian on December 13, 2018. It's a Notice of a Bond Validation hearing in Camden Superior Court. The JDA wanted to use their bonding ability to borrow $1.2 million to buy property for the St. Marys Wharf. A court validation for the bond is required. Revenues from the Wharf project would repay the bonds, or the bill will fall on the taxpayers of Camden County if the p
