Dec 16 SpinLaunch at Spaceport America announces more jobs, expansion

SPACEPORT AMERICA — A company developing and testing a mass accelerator with the aim of launching satellites into space orbit — using kinetic energy instead of rockets — is expanding at New Mexico’s Spaceport America, Cabinet Secretary Alicia J. Keyes announced Tuesday.

Based in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Damien Willis is a newspaper reporter and communications professional. He generally writes about the ways we pass our time in the 21st century.