George Nield speaking at ISPCS 2011
A Once in a Lifetime Opportunity
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.
Execution of the Idea Is Benchmark of Successful Innovation
I recently had a conversation with Robert Bigelow, Founder and President of Bigelow Aerospace, about innovation and the commercial space industry. “There is no single step by step process that necessarily applies to the creation of all technologies. The challenge is to select the most elegant solution,” Bigelow said. “Ideas are easy to come by. […]
The Tube Rocket “Stig” built by Armadillo Aerospace
As I start to write this article in Microsoft Word, I click to open a Blank document. Yet, I have been writing this article in my mind since I hit the send button on the last article. There’s really no Blank document, just a page waiting for words. Here they come. I feel like I […]
Christine Anderson, the recently appointed Executive Director of Spaceport America
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 […]
Great feature article in Las Cruces Magazine
Commercial Space Frontiers Bringing the Industry Home By Joe Burgess Photography by Joe Burgess and Courtsey of the Space Development Fountation For the article online at Las Cruces Magazine click here For a pdf of the Las Cruces Magazine click here The development of commercial space as a viable industry for southern New Mexico is […]
April 1 Launch
This article is about Middle School and science. Think back. Do you remember anything really frustrating about Middle School? I do. There was no science in my school. By seventh grade it was clear to me, science was interesting. I could not get enough. Astronomy, chemistry, earth science, and geography were, and still are, my […]
