A New Day Dawns in NM.

Only a few miles and 60+ from the infamous Trinity Test in Mew Mexico, Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Galactic is building the world's first-ever commercial SpacePort - SpacePort America.

In a press release today, Branson stated: "We knew we were doing the right thing when we decided to locate SpacePort America in New Mexico. Today, we received an unprecedented number of applications for employment by some of the most highly qualified scientists and engineers in the world". Virgin Galactic's Personnel department was unable to be reached to verify whether in fact, 9,600 applications had been received en-masse from the Los Alamos National Laboratory's Human Resources department.

Branson was later overheard saying: "This is awesome, I am going to have the most highly overqualified staff on the planet working at my spaceport. Nobel Scientists and world-renowned Engineers are going to be polishing our spacecraft, emptying our dump tanks, and personally greeting and schmoozing our celebrity passengers... and all for a mere $8 per hour. I love this colony! This is better than that deal I had with Hooters a few years ago that (pardon my expression) kinda flopped! Some of those scientist blokes have enough money saved up to commute from their quaint little village on that hill of theirs on our airlines. I may just have to set up daily round-trip service from the Los Alamos Airport to SpacePort America! There are lots of pilots living and a pretty darn long runway too! But we may have to improve their flight control procedures a bit."