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Pat Hynes

Mars and the Olympics

August 14, 2012

Landing on Mars and winning at the Olympics, there is nothing easy about either. On Sunday, August 5th, starting around 11pm our time, you can watch the coverage of the landing of the Mars Science Laboratory at NASA.gov. Think about it. A laboratory the size of an SUV, will descend from the Curiosity Lander, deploy […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Astronauts, Atlas V, ISPCS, ISPCS Public Forum, NASA, New Mexico Space Grant Consortium, New Mexico Space Grant Student Launch Program, Space, Space Adventures, SpaceNews

Thank you for No

January 24, 2012

“I’m thankful to all those who said NO to me. It’s because of them I did it myself”. Albert Einstein said that, and likely you understand this quote like I do. Life can be rewarding, but like most things you get out what you put in. The legislative session has started. Our legislators must hear […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Albert Einstein, Apollo 13, Astronauts, Burt Rutan, Gene Kranz, International Space Station (ISS), New Mexico Space Grant Student Launch Program, Paul Allen, Peter Diamandis, Public speaking, Richard Branson, Space Adventures, Virgin Galatic, XPRIZE

6 Degrees Head Down

November 11, 2010

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 […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Astronauts, Commercial Space Articles, Commercial spaceflight, NASA, Sam Durrance, Space, University of Texas in Galveston, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Zero gravity

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