Space travel research was supported in New Mexico for most of the twentieth century by a variety of private individuals and organizations as well as federal agencies and state and local government entities. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the momentum of that support produced Spaceport America. This website introduces you to Loretta and that book, and offers additional insights to the people and events that have made New Mexico a vital resource in the development of space travel.

Skyscrapers are the headliners, and underground buildings are the virtually unnoticed understudies of architecture. Every day, tens of thousands of Americans use more than 700 public and commercial structures. And 5,000 private homes that nestle within the earth. Are under construction or are on the drawing boards.