A proposed spaceport in southeastern Georgia faces challenges to getting off the ground. But they’re not what you might think.
According to this week’s Atlanta Business Chronicle, opponents of the project said during a hearing this week that launches from the Spaceport Camden would take spacecraft over more than 60 private homes on Cumberland Island and Little Cumberland Island.
“No U.S. facility allows vertical orbital launches to overfly a populated or environmentally sensitive land mass,” said Dick Parker, a Little Cumberland property owner. “The location of the proposed spaceport is in direct conflict with public safety issues and established private property rights.”
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