More news on the
growing space industry
in New Mexico.
Aero-News
Network reports that New Mexico governor Bill Richardson has announced that the
Rocket Racing League, the NASCAR of the sky, will
have its world headquarters in New Mexico. The
Rocket Racing League
will be based in Las Cruces and will also have facilities at the Southwest Regional Spaceport. Races will be held
around the country with the semi-finals at the Reno Air Show in Nevada and the finals in New Mexico in conjunction with
the X PRIZE CUP competition. The X-Racer rockets race a three-dimensional track that is one-mile high, two miles long,
and a half-mile across and will race three to four laps around the course between pit stops. Cameras will follow the
race from balloons, chase planes and the cockpits of vehicles.
