Emirates Mega Projects | UAE Spaceport, Ras Al Khaimah

UAE Spaceport, Ras Al Khaimah

20 January, 2008

I have been saying for quite some time that the UAE will end up looking like a world 200 years in the future when all these Mega Projects are complete. What does a world of the future need? A spaceport naturally. And of course the UAE with their great NO LIMITS attitude is building one!! In RAK.

This is what Sheikh Al Qasimi of RAK had to say about UAE Spaceport:

"I am proud to announce Ras Al Khaimah as the site where suborbital space travel will begin and flourish. Space Adventures is the pioneer of space tourism, which is why we signed an agreement with them nearly a year ago and began this project. After we initiate operations here we look forward to expanding operations outside of the UAE. In this regard I would like to announce that we have committed an additional $30Million of funding for global spaceport development. We are most excited about spearheading this multi-billion dollar industry."

Wow! We can now see that soon the UAE will become a world leader in space travel! As noted above, RAK has taken a company called Space Adventures as their partner in this project. Another space adventure company, Virgin Galactic, owned by billionaire Richard Branson, is considering locating in the UAE.

Suborbital space travel is a new era for the travel industry. Anyone, with enough money to do so, will be able to travel into space for the adventure of a lifetime...and of course the UAE will be a world leader in this sector of the travel business just as it is in all other areas of travel.

You can read more about all of this here:

http://www.officeroutlook.com/news/Science/778.htm

http://www.bi-me.com/main.php?id=7906&t=1&c=34&cg=

http://www.spaceadventures.com/index.cfm

For more information on the UAE Mega Projects go to:

http://uaemegaprojects.blogspot.com

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