Po Dunk Spaceport

Now this is pretty cool.

Van Horn is just a dusty blip on a Texas highway. The struggling town of 3,000 hardy souls stands in the middle of a desert. It appears memorable only for the relief it offers after driving miles of empty road.

But now, in one of the unlikeliest twists in space exploration, Van Horn is to take its place in history. An eccentric billionaire plans to build a spaceport here.

Jeff Bezos, founder of amazon.com, has bought a huge tract of land just outside Van Horn and declared it will be his base for a private project to develop commercial spaceflight. If he succeeds, Van Horn will be home to a fleet of space rockets taking tourists far above the blue Texas sky into the black of space.

Keep in mind, though, that since Bezos has more money than God, his real intent is to oppress workers, particularly if they're minorities, and open Wal Mart stores to drive mom and pop stores out of business. He no doubt picked Van Horn just so that he could destroy it and stifle the already-depressed economy of the little town.

UPDATE: Yes, that was sarcasm. The whole point is that this guy picked Van Horn in order to help it out. If they can turn it into a major private space port, then Van Horn will be on the map almost overnight. Also, he didn't go to the Associated Press or Reuters: he went to the one-man operation of the Van Horn Advocate with the news that he'd chosen Van Horn for his site.

Just wanted to make sure everyone was clear on that, because there was some confusion.