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Britain could be home to one of the first UK spaceports outside of America by 2018, with a shortlist of possible sites to be announced this week.
The base could act as a hub for commercial space flights, such as those planned by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic, which will blast would-be astronauts into sub-orbit from the United States for $250,000 (£146,000).
The launch pad would rival the futuristic Spaceport America and would open up a route between Britain and space - even before completion of the London-Birmingham high speed rail link or expansion of Heathrow airport.
Of the eight possible locations to be revealed at the Farnborough Air Show on Tuesday, six are inScotland." End quote.
- - Durham Tees Valley Airport was rumoured to have been considered, but there may be a house being built by Peel on the runway
