Midland International Airport is seeking designation as a commercial space launch site but will now have to prove that the noise will not upset the mating rituals of the lesser prairie chicken. It was declared endangered in March and this may delay final approval of the environmental impact assessment by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Guess it's a good thing it wasn't the Greater Prairie Chicken. Who knows how what priority their sex life would take? Hopefully this won't come down to chicken sex instead of spaceflight. Once the environmental assessment is complete the FAA will have until Sept. 15th to issue a spaceport license. XCOR is awaiting approval and plan to launch commercial spaceflight from the Midland Spaceport.
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