休斯顿航天港概念会成为未来的飞机场吗？

新华网9月6日电 科技博客Gizmodo刊发文章，称休斯顿机场系统于9月5日发布了未来艾灵顿机场的几种新设想，其中有的包括在机场里建造航天港。效果图包括一个航站楼、一个航空博物馆和可移动的航空航天设施。

这不是科幻小说，据《休斯顿商业杂志》报道，休斯顿机场系统从2011年就开始探索建造航天港的可行性计划，7月份，获得休斯顿市议会批准向一家咨询公司支付718,000美元，将由该公司将研究艾灵顿机场如何获得航天发射场的运营执照。假如航天港真能建成，可提供太空旅游、航天员训练和商业太空飞行等业务。

有朝一日休斯顿航天港会真的建成吗？可以肯定的是，这件事听上去越来越不像幻想了。

译者：高菲

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The Houston Spaceport Concept Is An Airport For The 21st Century

The Houston Airport System today released new concepts for the future of the Ellington Airport, ones that include a possible spaceport. The renderings include a terminal, an aviation museum and facilities for the aerospace industries that could move nearby.

It's not just science fiction, either. The Houston Airport System started exploring plans for a possible spaceport back in 2011, and in July they secured approval from the Houston City Council to pay $718,000 to a consulting firm who will study how Ellington Airport can obtain a spaceport launch site operator s license, the Houston Business Journal reports. Such a facility could provide for space tourism, astronaut training and commercial spaceflights.

Will a Houston Spaceport really happen someday? It's starting to sound less and less fantastical, that's for sure.

(原标题：休斯顿航天港概念会成为未来的飞机场吗？)