(Moline, IL) -- The Quad Cities International Airport in Moline is thinking of having a commercial spaceport.
The Metropolitan Airport Authority Board of Commissioners approved plans in August to conduct a commercial spaceport planning study.
The spaceport is designed to launch and receive spacecrafts.
In a news release Thursday, the airport's public relations and marketing manager, Ashleigh Davis, said that the study will determine if a spaceport will even be possible to have.
She then adds that there is no agenda on how long the study will take.
More details are expected to be released at a later date.
The study is being funded through a $283,500 grant, 90% from the Illinois DOT.
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