New space infrastructure coming to Williamson, Burnet counties
WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS (KXAN) — The Williamson County Commissioners Court has approved the creation of the Central Texas Spaceport Development Corporation (SDC), which would bring more space infrastructure and research to Williamson County and Burnet County.
An SDC is a nonprofit entity to develop and manage spaceports. This includes infrastructure for specialized launches and landing facility for space crafts, rockets and satellites.
According to the Texas Local Government code, the SDC will be governed by a board of seven directors and would meet at least once every three months.
'It's an exciting time right now, just with what we're seeing with rockets taking off,' said Cynthia Long, the Williamson County Commissioner for Precinct 2.
Williamson County currently has space company Firefly Aerospace based in Cedar Park. Firefly Aerospace has built spacecrafts to send satellites and other payloads into space.
'I remember when the movie Apollo 13 came out, and just being fixated by that, because knowing and growing up in that area, it was part of the DNA of that community,' Long said. 'I see that same opportunity that with school kids and others, when they hear about space exploration and rockets taking off and landing again, they will feel that same excitement.'
Other places in Texas that have SDCs include Houston, Midland, Cameron County, and El Paso.
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