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Senate creates spaceport exploratory committee, authorizes $1 million for study
Summary
The Senate advanced first-substitute SB 62 to form a spaceport exploration committee and provided $1,000,000 to stand up the committee; sponsors said the measure will evaluate sites, runways, and commercial opportunities, while senators asked about possible locations such as Green River. Vote: 28–0.
Senator Stevenson urged the Senate to establish an exploratory committee to study the feasibility of a Utah spaceport and the body approved first-substitute SB 62, which includes a $1,000,000 allocation to create and run that committee. The sponsor described existing state assets — long runways, wide open land in western and eastern Utah, and the Utah Test and Training Range — and asked the Senate to authorize a formal study to determine where and how operations might be…
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