Officials in a Georgia county say they're moving ahead with plans to build a launch pad for commercial rockets
SAVANNAH, Ga.for commercial rockets barely a month after residents voted to halt the project by a margin of nearly 3-to-1.
“It’s a continuation of arrogance and ignorance and just not representing the will of the people,” said spaceport critic John Goodman, an elected councilman for the Camden County city of St. Marys. He said commissioners were defying “a very clear indication from the citizens to not be in the spaceport business.”
in December to build and operate the spaceport, which would join 12 others already operating in the U.S.But before commissioners could close on purchasing the property, a judge ordered that the land deal be put before voters.
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