The billionaire space industry investors prefer going to the large space labs, like the Jet Propulsion lab to see how spacecraft are being built and meet with the lead scientist or engineers on the projects and discuss their own research. Paul Allen who is funding the construction of a small satellite launcher called the Stratolauncher […]
Tranquility Base and NMSU’s Role in its Preservation
Tranquility Base and NMSU’s role in its preservation Every year, New Mexico Space Grant (NMSCG) issues a call for research proposals from faculty across New Mexico. As Director, I have the privilege to review proposals which range from simple to complex. A recent proposal requested support to work on development a heat transfer technology to […]
Co-Founder of local symposium and visionary has died
Bill Gaubatz, another pioneer and visionary in the government and commercial space programs, with ties of the heart to New Mexico, died on July 5th. “The DC-X was the perfect blending of vision, goals, experience, and expertise with passion and trust,” recalled William Gaubatz, who was the DC-X program manager at McDonnell Douglas in the […]
Why It’s Good to Get Out of Town
Get out of town and do something new with people you don’t know this summer Most of the time when I travel, I travel alone. I am the road warrior. Up at zero dark thirty so I can catch a plane at 6 or 7am. My job is to get to the airport, get from […]
It takes a village and patience to create great achievements
It takes a village and patience to create great achievements. The achievement in Santa Teresa of the expanded Union Pacific Rail facility is the result of work by many people, organizations and agencies over a long period of time. This will be Union Pacific’s largest fueling facility and the railroads’ largest intermodal freight terminal along […]
Travels with Charlie and the new space economy
I grew up on Long Island near John Steinbeck’s home in Sag Harbor. I remember when Steinbeck’s Travels with Charlie was published I had to get to the library. I found reading Steinbeck the perfect experience. His written voice took me away from crowded, grey and cold Long Island. The Pearl and Grapes of Wrath […]
Good News may be coming to Dona Ana Community College
Good News. Dona Ana Community College (DACC) is embarking on the establishment of an Associate’s Degree in General Engineering. Many of us followed the events over the last two years, particularly related to the Nursing Program and the Presidential search. With all that behind us, the College is now positioning itself to expand its offerings. […]
Stranger in a strange land no more
It took ten years. I finally attended the International Space University’s Executive Management course last week. I heard about the Executive Management course from Michael Simpson, President of the ISU, and from Peter Diamandis, an ISU co-founder. They both encouraged me to attend this course, during the XPRIZE Cup and my symposium. First and foremost, […]
Try something new: learn an app, create an industry
I am using Microsoft office Speech Recognition software to write this article. I believe it’s important to challenge myself to use new technologies. I hope it is a time saver. I report at the of the article. Working at a university if a forcing function for trying new things. Fear of failure is mitigated because […]
If you are doing nothing, you won’t make mistakes
Mistakes: Errors, faults, slip-ups, bloopers, miscalculations. We all make em. America’s Funniest Home Videos, UTUBE and Candid Camera, all demonstrate goofing up is part of our culture and our condition. We all make mistakes. I created and sold advertising for a living when I first started working. It’s a tough business, not much room for […]
