The company you keep will define the opportunities you meet. Years ago, it seems a lifetime ago, I had a meeting with the Director of the Operationally Responsive Space (ORS), Dr. Peter Wegner. Dr. Wegner had recently arrived at Kirtland Air Force base in Albuquerque to set up Chile Works, a Skunk Works type […]
Small but Mighty: The Cubesat
Small but Mighty: The Cubse Sat Last week I received notification that a proposal we submitted to NASA was funded. We were notified through email: Dear Dr. Hynes, I am pleased to inform you that your proposal, Virtual Telescope for X-ray Observations, was selected for funding in the amount of $749,525. The evaluation was conducted […]
The SPACE Act
The SPACE Act The measure of a person is what they do with power. Pittacus, considered one of the Seven Wise Men of Greece, is the person to whom this quote is attributed. He considered his role as a populist governor the common man’s approach to common sense law making. Popular rule, or rule by […]
The Secret to a Boredom Free life In Las Cruces
Dorothy Parker, a founding member of the Algonquin Round Table, writer and member of the Editorial Board for the New Yorker, once wrote, the cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. This statement pretty much explains my approach to living in Las Cruces. There are multiple steps I am learning about […]
Competition
Competition: how to use competitive edge and benefit. Last week as I drove through the Raton pass, it was darkly beautiful and dangerous because it was snowing. I left The Space Symposium conference in Colorado Springs I was attending a couple of hours early to make sure my colleague and I got through the pass […]
I love being surprised
I love being surprised except when I hate it. On the way back from our recent launch at the spaceport, the 2 New Mexicans in the car agreed, we wanted our out of town guests to experience lunch at Sparkys in Hatch. We spent a year working on this Student Launch campaign with Las Cruces […]
Getting pushed over to the side of the road
Have you ever owned a jalopy and had to push it over to the side of the road? Remember what it’s like, drivers side door open, traffic stopped and you huffing and puffing to get it out of everyone’s way. When I was young my parents did not give me a car when I came […]
The Beauty of Life
Sometimes you have to be alone to reflect on the beauty of life. Where winter is only a rumor in our world here in the desert, it is for us to enjoy this time of year. Let’s be grateful that so many of us have traded in snow shovels for sun screen. When we are […]
Lets talk about the road to success
The Whole Enchilada Fiesta will be without the enchilada. Bummer! I remember going to the Hillsboro Appleless Festival one year. There were no apples, they had a freeze. It was the first year I brought my parents to Hillsboro. I bribed my Dad with a promise of apple pie. They had good pies, he really […]
The waves do not rise, but when the wind blows
The state legislature has been in session for two weeks now. Reports are coming from Santa Fe about southern New Mexico. More debate is occurring about the future of our spaceport. Establishing a new industry like commercial space transportation requires demand for its products and services. Commercial products of the commercial space transportation industry include […]
