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One Giant Leap: UK spaceport unveils plan

July 15 2014 Last updated at 07:16 BST

Eight runways were selected as potential base for the first flights of the space plane UK minister wants selected for the year 2018.

Supporters said that the base could be achieved by companies that tourists on space satellites and launching companies are used.

One potential spaceport locations in North Wales, where Pallab Ghosh reports the BBC.