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Pat Hynes

Courage, leadership on display at Spaceport America Cup

July 12, 2017

It took courage and leadership for Dan Hicks and his team to carry off the first Spaceport America Cup. Leadership, because if anything went wrong, Mr. Hicks is the one wringable neck. Courage because of the complexity of the tasks to be carried out. When you have students of all ages involved with explosives, think […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Burning Man of Rocketry, Dan Hicks, Jacobs, Land of Enchantment, NASA, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, New Mexico Space Grant Consortium, Spaceport Americ Cup, Spaceport America, Virgin Galatic, White Sands Missile Range, White Sands Test Facility

A closed mind is a narrow road

March 29, 2016

In my first business class the professor said we would be learning about companies like General Motors, Boeing, Xerox and other large corporations than made up the U.S. industrial base. We were going to learn about large market trends like the oil and gas markets and we were going to learn how to understand how […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: AIAA, Boeing, General Motors, ISPCS, Land of Enchantment, New Mexico State University, Public speaking, Virgin Galatic, xerox, XPRIZE

The Swan

December 10, 2015

The Swan and Strangers Being a stranger is the hardest things that can happen to anyone in all this world. We recently celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday here in the Land of Enchantment. The lucky ones in our community celebrated with friends, family and loved ones including pets. We all know there are people less fortunate […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: International Space Station (ISS), ISS, Land of Enchantment, Orbital ATK, Space

Anticipation

November 10, 2015

Anticipation I like to compare the holiday season with the way a child listens to a favorite story. I can tell already people are anticipating the season. Fred Rodgers, said anticipation is the pleasure of enjoying the familiar way the story begins, the anticipation of familiar turns it takes, the familiar moments of suspense, and […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Land of Enchantment, NASA, New Mexico Space Grant Consortium, New Mexico Space Grant Student Launch Program, New Mexico State University

Today is the closest New Horizons will get to Pluto

July 16, 2015

Fear of public speaking is common. The remedy: picture the audience naked. Seriously? That was a cure suggested to me when I was in high school. Like other remedies that don’t work, I had to discover how to cope with fear through trial and error. Early in my career I gave my fair share of […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Land of Enchantment, NASA, New Blogs, New Mexico Space Grant Consortium, Space

The Beauty of Life

March 10, 2015

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 […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Commercial Space Articles, ISPCS, Land of Enchantment, NASA, New Blogs, New Mexico Space Grant Consortium, New Mexico State University

When the going gets tough, that’s when the tough get going

November 18, 2014

Be Proactive, Put First Things First, Start with the End in Mind. These three directives are concise instructions for project manager. They come from Steven Covey’s Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. They can apply to any project, large or small, short or long term. A key word in the book title is effective. One […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: ISPCS, Land of Enchantment, New Mexico Space Grant Consortium, New Mexico Space Grant Student Launch Program, Public speaking

Private industry takes lead in return to space station

September 23, 2014

On Tuesday, Sept. 16, NASA administrator, Gen. Charlie Bolden, announced the selection of Boeing and SpaceX to be the first American companies to launch our astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). Simply stated, when NASA shut down the shuttle program, it was no longer the best way for our country to invest taxpayer dollars […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: ISPCS, ISS, Land of Enchantment, NASA, NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, New Blogs, New Mexico State University, SpaceX

Tranquility Base and NMSU’s Role in its Preservation

July 31, 2014

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 […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Apollo 11 landing site at Tranquility base, Apollo 13, ISPCS, Land of Enchantment, moon, NASA, New Mexico Space Grant Consortium, New Mexico State University

Going the Extra Mile

October 29, 2013

Going the extra mile is in the culture of our community and our state. The diversity of events we are able to support is a source of community pride. Think about it, we have the Whole Enchilada Fiesta, Cowboys for Cancer, Pink, Dancing with the Stars, Wounded Warrior, the KRWG Public Radio and TV fundraising, […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: ISPCS, ISPCS Public Forum, Land of Enchantment, New Blogs, Public speaking

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