Spaceport In The Mid-Atlantic Region?

Wallops Island, Va. -- - There isn't much to see yet at the grandly named Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, just the skeleton of an old launch gantry on a piece of oceanfront leased from the federal government.

But promoters expect something remarkable to blossom on this sun-baked spit of sand and scrub on the Eastern Shore.

David Smith, a state official from Virginia, which joined with Maryland six years ago to operate a commercial spaceflight center with the lofty acronym MARS, says the area is on track to become "the Cape Canaveral of the North."

I knew they had been testing a rocket over on the Eastern Shore in Maryland, but I didn't know VA/MD were partnering for this. How cool is that?

Found via the Baltimore Sun. Hat tip to Jamison for sharing the story with me.