BuzzReads: Failure To Launch

$250 million and a decade later, is Richard Branson's Spaceport America just a ghost town? Longform by BuzzFeed How New Mexico Is Paying For Richard Branson’s Space Tourism Fantasy New Mexico has invested nearly $250 million and 10 years in creating a hub for Richard Branson’s space tourism company, Virgin Galactic. But with persistent delays and mounting financial strain, Spaceport America is trying to avoid becoming New Mexico’s costliest ghost town. Read it on BuzzFeed More Longform Stories We're Reading... North Korean Meth, Motorcycle Gangs, Army Snipers, And A Guy Named Rambo — Vice The Murders At The Lake — Texas Monthly My Dementia: Telling Who I Am Before I Forget — Slate Pixel & Dimed: On (Not) Getting By In The Gig Economy — Fast Company The Glorious And Necessary Torture Of Dark Souls — BuzzFeed Wu-Tang, Atomically — Grantland The Game That Saved March Madness — Sports Illustrated To Russia With Love: A Writer's Thoughts On His Homeland — Medium Before Minecraft Or Snapchat, There Was MicroMUSE — Aeon Magazine Get more stories on BuzzFeed What's hot on BuzzFeed This BuzzFeed email was sent to dwyld.kwu.yq4b5l8av2dw7@blogger.com | Unsubscribe Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up to get BuzzFeed in your inbox BuzzFeed, Inc. 200 Fifth Ave, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10010