Should STARS drop out of the picture, the Kaua`i Test Facility would still have plenty of people lined up at its door wanting to launch rockets.<\/p>\n
Leading the pack, in fact, is Hawai`i’s own Office of Space Industry. For years, OSI has been trying to develop a spaceport for private launches in the Ka`u district of the Big Island. With no success likely in the foreseeable future, it now has turned its sights on Barking Sands.<\/p>\n
According to OSI’s director, Ken Munechika, his office has approached the Department of Energy with a proposal to launch rockets carrying “educational” payloads. The University Space Research Association has a need for this type of launch facility, he told Environment Hawai`i<\/i> recently. When asked if he was responding to requests of USRA to find a launch site, Munechika said only that the approach was “mutual. They had a need, and we recognized it.”<\/p>\n
The Kaua`i Test Facility would be used only until the Ka`u facility was up and running, Munechika said.<\/p>\n
And when might that be?<\/p>\n
According to Munechika, work on the Ka`u project is ongoing. “We’re working on finishing up the environmental impact statement. Studies are still being done. Hopefully, it will be done this summer.”<\/p>\n
Volume 3, Number 9 March 1993<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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