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Pat Hynes

Courage, leadership on display at Spaceport America Cup

July 12, 2017

It took courage and leadership for Dan Hicks and his team to carry off the first Spaceport America Cup. Leadership, because if anything went wrong, Mr. Hicks is the one wringable neck. Courage because of the complexity of the tasks to be carried out. When you have students of all ages involved with explosives, think […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Burning Man of Rocketry, Dan Hicks, Jacobs, Land of Enchantment, NASA, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, New Mexico Space Grant Consortium, Spaceport Americ Cup, Spaceport America, Virgin Galatic, White Sands Missile Range, White Sands Test Facility

The Reason I Write a Column

March 30, 2017

I took a pause from this column to think about its direction. Over the last year, rapid fire changes have been happening, and the pace may increase this year. I intentionally slowed down over the Christmas break. I had time to critically analyze the fact that I started reading the paper at night. The Editors […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Amgen, New York Times, Tomas Freidman

The Next 100 Days

December 12, 2016

Observations for New Mexicans as we transition to the next administration. If you have been reading my column you know I am more focused on science and technology. Most of the people I spend my days with are involved in federally funded programs that require some degree of technical, scientific and administrative know how. Yet, […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Donald Trump, New Mexico Space Grant Consortium, New Mexico State University

VSS Unity’s First Solo Flight

December 12, 2016

Finally: Virgin SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity completed her first glide flight! It’s been just over two years since the accident. I wish I could have seen her on her own without the mother ship. Up until Saturday, she was always in captive carry mode. That is she was carried and firmly attached to WhiteKnightTwo, VMS Eve […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Boeing, International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight, ISPCS, NASA, New Blogs, SpaceShipTwo(SSII), Virgin Galatic, VMS Eve, VSS Unity

The Janitor Who Inspired Me

October 18, 2016

Jobe is a church janitor. This is not his real name but he exists. I spoke with him last week. He attended ISPCS and also our SUMMIT on Inclusion. This janitor spent over $1500 to join our community. When people attend ISPCS, we do not ask for their title. When you see a name badge […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: ISPCS, New Blogs, SUMMIT

Ambition is necessary for success

October 4, 2016

My career or any career needs to be nurtured. Careers were on the agenda at NMSU last week because of homecoming. Successful alumni who serve on various advisory boards were on campus, including my former boss who now works at NASA’s Langley Research Center. He still works in the area of technology development. He was […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: ISPCS, New Blogs, New Mexico State University, SpaceX

It does not matter who gets the credit

August 16, 2016

It does not matter who gets the credit I’ve heard this and I don’t buy it. People who work hard want credit for the results of their work. Money is not the solution either. Sometimes a thank you works best, so thank you Christine Anderson. Milton Glaser is the Creator of the ubiquitous I heart […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Bigelow Aerospace, Boeing, International Space Station (ISS)

Hire a Go Getter to Get Us Going

August 2, 2016

We need a go getter to get going. A spaceport is a business, and that business is transportation. There are 5 modes of transportation; ground, sea, rail, air and space. The State of New Mexico has a Secretary of Transportation. I wonder if the Secretary has been involved in the discussion about the qualifications of […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Federal Aviation Administration

Think outside the Can

July 19, 2016

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 […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: BEAM, Bigelow Aerospace, International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight, ISS, NASA, SpaceX

Think small. Think big. Then act.

July 8, 2016

One of my jobs is to go to Capitol Hill and speak to members of Congress. As the Director of the New Mexico Space Grant, I am one of 52 Directors. We are funded by Congress and NASA runs our program. Every year we go to Capitol Hill to report on our progress. My experiences […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: New Mexico Space Grant Consortium

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