Rockets, Risks, Rewards: A Look At The Economics Of Building Spaceport Camden

This rendering from Camden County is part of the county’s plan for a spaceport. Camden has spent about $6.7 million and about seven years working on that plan.

: Camden County Board of Commissioners

This piece is a part of WABE’s deep dive into Camden County’s proposed spaceport project: how it came to be, who could be affected and where it could go from here. 

Camden County, on the Georgia coast, is known as the home of Cumberland Island and a naval submarine base, Kings Bay.

But the government wants to be known for something else, too: launching rockets.