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'The launch that we have waited for' arrives


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Jeff Dukatt, owner of custom screenprinting shop Dukatt ’71 in TorC, said he is hopeful Spaceport America will bring economic benefit to the city. (Reyes Mata III /For the Journal)
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TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES – As the Sunday morning launch of the SpaceShipTwo Unity approaches, southern New Mexico officials and space buff residents are preparing for an event that has been brewing for nearly two decades.
“Spaceport (America) has been in the works for over 20 years, and this is finally the launch that we have waited for,” said Sandra Whitehead, mayor of Truth or Consequences, the small city of just under 6,000 people about 20 miles from the 18,000-acre spaceport. ....

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