Nearly 2,000 early ballots have already been cast in a special election being held for voters in Camden County to decide on whether the county can purchase land for Georgia’s first-ever spaceport.
On Monday’s edition of Closer Look,” Mary Landers, a reporter for The Current, talked about how county officials came up with the idea to establish a spaceport that would possibly launch up to 12 space rockets a year.
Landers explained to program host Rose Scott that supporters of the spaceport say it will boost economic development and create jobs, while opponents are concerned about environmental threats,