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The Michigan Aerospace Manufacturers Association wants to build a vertical launch site for rockets carrying commercial satellites in Marquette County.
But a local group is protesting against those plans.
Citizens for a Safe and Clean Lake Superior says its goal is to protect the lake and its coastal habitat and to defeat the proposed construction of the site near the historic Granot Loma lodge.
Group President Dennis Ferraro says shockwaves and noise associated with launching rockets is bad, not only for the environment, but for the Upper Peninsula’s recreation-based economy.
“These are all areas that people come to because they like the quiet, beautiful wildness of our environment here in the U.P., so it’s just a bad idea all the way around.”