The Space industry arrives in New Mexico. 45 miles North of Las Cruces crews are transforming the desert into the Worlds First Spaceport designated for commercial travel. Soon you will able to spend 2 hours orbiting the earth for the paltry sum of $250,000. Virgin Galactica (Richard Branson) is investing $198,000,000 in this project. Southern New Mexicans are looking for ways to package the experience for tourism by emphasizing this areas Old West History and folklore as well as its role in the space program. This should bode very well for the future of our local economy. Word is they already have more than 100 reservations with deposits.