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Pat Hynes

Sitting on the sidelines is not an option

August 27, 2014

NASA may make the announcement this week on the final selection of the private company or companies they will work with to return American astronauts to the International Space Station on space vehicles Made In America, not Russia. This is part of the NASA Commercial Crew Development program. I have written about women from New […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Chris Anderson, ISPCS, NASA, New Blogs, New Mexico Space Grant Student Launch Program, New Mexico State University, Virgin Galatic

The Spaceport Directors

October 4, 2011

This is a multiple choice question. The reason I was late for my telecom last Thursday was (a) I forgot how to get to the office (b) the dog hid my keys (c) there was a snake in my living room. It was 6:30am, I was leaving the house to run, and there it was.  […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Chris Anderson, Commercial Space Articles, Commercial spaceflight, Esrange Space Center, International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight, ISPCS, Karin Nilsdotter, Mojave Air and Spaceport, NASA, Spaceport Sweden, Stewart Witt, White Sands Missile Range

A Once in a Lifetime Opportunity

August 2, 2011

Students describe it as a once in a lifetime opportunity, New Mexico Space Grant working to bring space into the classroom now. Watch this video to find out how.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: 5 Launch at Spaceport America, Chris Anderson, Commercial spaceflight, NASA, New Mexico Space Grant Consortium, New Mexico Space Grant Student Launch Program, Summer of Innovation - Launch & Learn, UP Aerospace, Virgin Galatic

The Invitation

June 14, 2011

Here’s an invitation I treasure: “On behalf of the Johnson Space Center Director, Mike Coats, it’s my pleasure to invite you and a guest to join us in viewing the launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida.”  The invitation describes the final mission of STS-135 Atlantis to deliver […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Chris Anderson, International Space Station (ISS), ISS, Johnson Space Center, Kennedy Space Center (KSC), NASA, Space, Space Shuttle Atlantis

New Mexicans are investors

April 19, 2011

Right now I am in Lincoln, Nebraska, getting ready for a Round Table discussion at the 5th annual Space Law Conference.  I do not have a law degree, I asked why they wanted me. The best I can figure is they want their attendees to get a sense of the big picture in the emerging […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: 5th annual Space Law Conference, Chris Anderson, Commercial Space Articles, Commercial spaceflight, Guiana Space Center, International Trafficking and Arms Regulation (ITAR), Mojave Air and Spaceport, National Air Space (NAS), Star City, Virgin Galatic

Christine Anderson, the recently appointed Executive Director of Spaceport America

March 20, 2011

Last week I met Christine Anderson, the recently appointed Executive Director of Spaceport America. She is wonderful to talk with, excited about the challenge ahead of her, and importantly, had moved to New Mexico by choice. She chose New Mexico because of its beauty, the art community, and the western lifestyle. We were getting along […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Chris Anderson, COE-CST, Commercial Space Articles, FAA, FAA Center of Excellence for Commercial Space Transportation, Marshall Spaceflight Center, NASA, New Mexico Space Grant Consortium, New Mexico State University, Rise of the Creative Class, Space, Werner Von Braun, Zero gravity

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