Australian government issues $1.75 million grant to study spaceport concept in Western Australia

Australian spaceports: operating (red dot) and proposed (red “X”) The Australian government has awarded a Perth-based company, Space Angel, a $1.75 million grant to study whether it will be practical or possible to build a commercial spaceport in that country’s largely empty Western Australia province. The company will receive $1.75 million, which it will match, to carry out site assessments