Oklahoma spaceport’s blighted buildings rile town officials in Burns Flat

Thirteen years after Oklahoma lawmakers announced a grand vision for a futuristic spaceport here, town officials complain the state has little to show for its efforts beyond abandoned hangars and crumbling warehouses.

 
BY RANDY ELLIS | Modified: January 20, 2013 at 1:17 am | Published: January 20, 2013   

BURNS FLAT — Thirteen years after Oklahoma lawmakers announced a grand vision for a futuristic spaceport here, town officials complain the state has little to show for its efforts beyond abandoned hangars and crumbling warehouses.

photo - Left: Paint peels from the home of Rocketplane at the Burns Flat spaceport. Photos by Steve Sisney, The Oklahoman
Left: Paint peels from the home of Rocketplane at the Burns Flat spaceport. Photos by Steve Sisney, The Oklahoman

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“Ain’t that a pretty sight?” Burns Flat Mayor Tom Ryan scoffed, referring to a double row of blighted former military warehouses with collapsed roofs.

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