No spaceships at Oklahoma's spaceport but they are welcome

 
BY JENNIFER PALMER | Published: January 17, 2010   

BURNS FLAT — Up three flights of stairs and one more — a spiral staircase — inside an air traffic control tower built by the Navy during World War II, there is an incredible view of the runway in Burns Flat.

photo - An aircraft undergoes maintenance at First Wave, in one of the hangars at the Oklahoma Spaceport in Burns Flat. Photo by David McDaniel, THE OKLAHOMAN
An aircraft undergoes maintenance at First Wave, in one of the hangars at the Oklahoma Spaceport in Burns Flat. Photo by David McDaniel, THE OKLAHOMAN

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Jan 15Bill Khourie of the Oklahoma Space Industry Development...

A swath of gray concrete, nearly three miles long and double the width of a normal runway, the landing strip seems to stretch into oblivion.

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