I am in El Paso at the Texas Medical Branch hospital. I have a hand injury from gardening and was referred to a doctor in El Paso. I went to Google Maps, got the directions and called the doctor’s office to make sure of the route. I got lost. Both sets of directions had the […]
6 Degrees Head Down
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 […]
Space Music
“Telstar” was the first song I ever hear that was a “Space” song. The record was named after the AT&T communications satellite Telstar, which went into orbit in July 1962. The song was released five weeks later on 17 August 1962. “Telstar” is estimated to have sold at least five million copies worldwide. As I […]
Space is a place
Most of us are fascinated by the stars but “space” well that’s a different deal. What’s space- isn’t it all around us? Well for the purpose of this column, air is all around us, space is 62 miles straight up. If a vehicle wants to get to space it travels through air, or the atmosphere, […]
Our Future in Space
On Tuesday, May 4th, the second annual New Mexico Space Grant Student Launch will be held at Spaceport America. On Thursday, May 6th, the Orion Pad Abort Test will be conducted at White Sands Missile Range. The SL4 rocket built for the student launch is a sounding rocket, technology that has been around since the […]
