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Pat Hynes

Christine Anderson, the recently appointed Executive Director of Spaceport America

March 20, 2011

Last week I met Christine Anderson, the recently appointed Executive Director of Spaceport America. She is wonderful to talk with, excited about the challenge ahead of her, and importantly, had moved to New Mexico by choice. She chose New Mexico because of its beauty, the art community, and the western lifestyle. We were getting along […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Chris Anderson, COE-CST, Commercial Space Articles, FAA, FAA Center of Excellence for Commercial Space Transportation, Marshall Spaceflight Center, NASA, New Mexico Space Grant Consortium, New Mexico State University, Rise of the Creative Class, Space, Werner Von Braun, Zero gravity

April 1 Launch

March 6, 2011

This article is about Middle School and science. Think back. Do you remember anything really frustrating about Middle School? I do. There was no science in my school. By seventh grade it was clear to me, science was interesting. I could not get enough. Astronomy, chemistry, earth science, and geography were, and still are, my […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Commercial Space Articles, NASA, New Mexico Space Grant Consortium, New Mexico Space Grant Student Launch Program

Good news for the emerging commercial space industry in the 2012 NASA budget

February 22, 2011

On Valentine’s Day, NASA released their 2012 budget. I was given the privilege of listening, at 6am via telecom, as Administrator Charlie Bolden explained the budget.  I have been asked to join business meetings in Administrator Bolden’s conference room at NASA headquarters in the past. I always wonder why they want me there. Now I ask. […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Civil War, Commercial Space Articles, International Space Station (ISS), Las Cruces Day in Santa Fe, NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, President Lincoln, Stephen Ambrose, transcontinental railroad

Rolling Black-outs and Space-Base Power

February 8, 2011

Now that we have gotten through the recent power outages, I am going to take this “teaching moment” to discuss space-based solar power. After last week, it is clear to me, I have to get on the ball and install some solar power capability at my house. My Dad is ninety one and we live […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Commercial Space Articles, Space-based solar power

Connecting the dots

January 11, 2011

This week I had the great privilege to have Mr. Robert Bigelow, escort a colleague and me on a tour of Bigelow Aerospace facilities north of Las Vegas, Nevada. Mr. Bigelow founded Bigelow Aerospace in 1999. He is a native of Las Vegas, Nevada, and made his fortune from his construction and real estate development […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Bigelow Aerospace, Commercial Space Articles, ISPCS, Public speaking, Robert Bigelow

Looking back at 2010 and forward to 2011

December 28, 2010

Now that 2011 is drawing to a close I have been reflecting on 2010. I think about what I have accomplished, writing this series of articles has been an accomplishment. I am grateful to you readers and to those of you who have told me you read my column. Your words give me confidence and […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Alan Hale, Commercial Space Articles, Hale-Bopp comet, ISPCS, Summer of Innovation - Launch & Learn

SpaceX and Hayabusa

December 14, 2010

I am in El Paso at the Texas Medical Branch hospital. I have a hand injury from gardening and was referred to a doctor in El Paso. I went to Google Maps, got the directions and called the doctor’s office to make sure of the route. I got lost. Both sets of directions had the […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Commercial Space Articles, Commercial spaceflight, Hayabusa, SpaceX, SpaceX Dragon

Food for thought

November 29, 2010

During the Thanksgiving break, I took time to rest, relax and enjoy the Fall weather. That lasted until Friday when my mind began to hunger for more than I’d been feeding it. The physical demands I placed on myself were, how shall I put this, well compensated for by Thanksgiving dinner at the home of […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Commercial Space Articles, Departure 2093 Five Visions of Future Flying, Public speaking

6 Degrees Head Down

November 11, 2010

Bed Rest in the name of science? Do you really want to sign up? On a recent trip to the University of Texas in Galveston, I visited a laboratory focused on studying the effects of spaceflight on humans. This laboratory, which looks like a typical hospital floor with beds and nurses stations is at the […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Astronauts, Commercial Space Articles, Commercial spaceflight, NASA, Sam Durrance, Space, University of Texas in Galveston, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Zero gravity

Well we did it!

November 1, 2010

Space Week in New Mexico was recently completed, it was held October 19-22, 2010 in Las Cruces and at Spaceport America. It took a year to plan. Space Week in New Mexico is a series of events held over 4 days.  It hopefully created more questions than we answered.  When will people start flying from […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Commercial Space Articles, ISPCS, ISPCS Public Forum, Spaceport America Runway Dedication, Virgin Galatic

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