Where do you go when there is no place left to go? NASA has a great idea. Join them in Space. This week NASA asked us, fellow tax payers, to consider what we would you do if NASA made a port available for you to connect to the International Space Station (ISS). This is a […]
The Gambler
The Gamblers Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Got it! Yet, we live in one town, one house, and are supposed to keep faith with one spouse. I have two bird nests at my house. One belongs to a pair of sparrows. They built their outpost on top of one of my back […]
BEAM Me Up NASA
I have just returned from the launch of the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) to the International Space Station (ISS). It was the 8th commercial resupply services (CRS-8) mission for NASA by the SpaceX Flacon 9 rocket from their launch complex 40 at Kennedy Space Center. I was a launch site guest of Bigelow Aerospace […]
The Swan
The Swan and Strangers Being a stranger is the hardest things that can happen to anyone in all this world. We recently celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday here in the Land of Enchantment. The lucky ones in our community celebrated with friends, family and loved ones including pets. We all know there are people less fortunate […]
Martians are Us
Of course I saw the movie Martian. It was a way to for my students and staff to celebrate our accomplishments after a long year of preparation and execution of the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Space (ISPCS). I will get back to the movie, which we all recommend. It has a lot more […]
Private industry takes lead in return to space station
On Tuesday, Sept. 16, NASA administrator, Gen. Charlie Bolden, announced the selection of Boeing and SpaceX to be the first American companies to launch our astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). Simply stated, when NASA shut down the shuttle program, it was no longer the best way for our country to invest taxpayer dollars […]
International Space Station: Good for another 10 years and great for Las Cruces
2014 started off with an especially positive announcement for our community. NASA announced the extension of the orbiting outpost through 2024. Why does this matter to our community? NASA White Sands Test Facility (NASA WSTF) is a support facility for the International Space Station (ISS). NASA WSTF does failure analysis on micro-meteoroid orbital debris impacts […]
The best is yet to come
On January 29, 1967, CBS news anchor Walter Cronkite conducted a TV interview with John Pierce, the executive director of communications sciences at Bell Labs. The topic was research. Pierce said, “The wires that will carry telephony will also carry teletypewriter, and a circuit that’s capable of handling television will handle high speed data and […]
The ISS
In 1984, President Regan directed NASA to build the International Space Station (ISS). The living space on this ISS is bigger than a five bedroom home. End to end, the ISS is as long as the Aggie football stadium, including the goal posts. Top to bottom, it has more depth than the stadium. The ISS […]
Why didn’t I think of that?
Why didn’t I think of that? The TV remote control/bottle opener, the swivel passenger car seat, or the battery operated twirling spaghetti fork? You know it, I’ll bet at least once you’ve thought of some cool invention and then let it slip away into the graveyard of great ideas. Lauren Rojas, a seventh grader from […]
