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In spaceport defeat, Georgia county blames `bare minority'
This artist's sketch provided by Spaceport Camden shows the launch pad complex of the proposed Spaceport Camden in Camden County, Ga.  The National Park Service is pushing back after a U.S. government report recommended approval of a launch pad for comme
This artist's sketch provided by Spaceport Camden shows the launch pad complex of the proposed Spaceport Camden in Camden County, Ga. Camden has filed a lawsuit seeking to force a company to sell land on which the county has long planned to build a launchpad for commercial rockets. - photo by Associated Press
SAVANNAH – Georgia county officials Wednesday blamed a “bare minority" for forcing a referendum in which voters defeated plans to buy land for a commercial rocket launch pad by a margin of nearly 3-to-1.
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