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 […]
6 Degrees Head Down
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 […]
Well we did it!
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 […]
Space Music
“Telstar” was the first song I ever hear that was a “Space” song. The record was named after the AT&T communications satellite Telstar, which went into orbit in July 1962. The song was released five weeks later on 17 August 1962. “Telstar” is estimated to have sold at least five million copies worldwide. As I […]
Women in Space
In September of 1990, I had the Grand Opening of the New Mexico Space Grant offices on the campus of New Mexico State University, on the steps of Goddard Hall. Len Sugerman was the Chamber of Commerce host, and there were many of my good friends in attendance. I was for many years a Conquistador […]
Neil Sheehan – Pulitzer Prize winner coming to Las Cruces
Last Wednesday, I had dinner in Washington D.C. with Neil Sheehan, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winner. We discussed his recently released book, A Fiery Peace in a Cold War. He will be joining us in Las Cruces at the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight. The book details the development of our country’s […]
The Thunder Bolt
Here’s how it happened. I asked my dear friend, let’s call him Bud, a member of our Congressional staff , to be the panel moderator for a space policy discussion. The panel was held during the 2006 at the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS) in Las Cruces. He invited four speakers from […]
Summer Camps
Have you noticed the number of summer camps being held in our midst? We are truly fortunate our community has the interest and capability to support many approaches to engaging students and teachers during their summer months. The “camps” involve innovative approaches to the problem of keeping learning fun, safe and interesting. Summer camps range […]
Better technology helps all aspects of life
It’s hot in New Mexico. Really hot! If you work outside, you don’t need the Weather Channel to tell you it’s hot. Even 10 years ago, refrigerated air was not as common as it is today. Better technologies have made it more affordable to have air conditioning. In 2000, New Mexico State University was beginning […]
Space is a place
Most of us are fascinated by the stars but “space” well that’s a different deal. What’s space- isn’t it all around us? Well for the purpose of this column, air is all around us, space is 62 miles straight up. If a vehicle wants to get to space it travels through air, or the atmosphere, […]
