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Committee advances bill to study feasibility of Utah spaceport
Summary
A legislative committee moved first substitute Senate Bill 62 forward with a favorable recommendation to create an exploratory committee to study the feasibility of a Utah spaceport and authorize a $1 million feasibility effort funded from the Industrial Assistance Account and administered by the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity.
A legislative committee on space and economic development voted to advance first substitute Senate Bill 62, which would create a Spaceport Exploration Committee to study whether Utah should host a spaceport and what infrastructure, environmental and economic steps would be required.
Sponsor Senator Stevenson told the committee the initiative is intended to assess whether a state-supported effort could attract private aerospace activity and expand high-paying jobs. "This initiative represents a forward thinking approach to innovation and economic growth," Stevenson said, adding that the bill would fund a feasibility study using $1 million from the Industrial Assistance Account administered by the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity.
The bill's backers argued Utah already has workforce, runway and recovery-area advantages that merit a formal study. "We already have large runways," Stevenson said, naming…
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