Blue Origin brings space tourism to tiny Texas town
July 18, 2021
VAN HORN, Texas (AP) — For years, the official letterhead for the small town of Van Horn, tucked neatly among the foothills of the Guadalupe Mountains, read simply: "Farming, ranching, mining."
And while there is still some farming and ranching in this far West Texas community, and a talc mine still operates near the edge of town, there's another booming business in its midst: space tourism.
The sprawling spaceport of Blue Origin, the company founded by business magnate Jeff Bezos in 2000, is located about 25 miles outside of the town of about 1,800 residents on what was once desolate des...
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