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Pat Hynes

Start writing. Find your voice.

March 22, 2016

Over the past few weeks we have learned of the resignation of some of the local contributing columnists. Like you, I read their columns. Over time, each columnist finds their voice and their audience. As I now return from vacation time with family, I reflected on how the family of columnists operated in a loose […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Albuquerque International Sunport, Gannett Company, Las Cruces Sun News, Spaceports, State of New Mexico Department of Economic Development

What would a three week General Election season be like?

March 1, 2016

We have sympathy from our colleagues at Virgin Galactic. Last week I met with Virgin employees who were here from Mojave Air and Space Port. As the press reported, Virgin Galactic had an unveiling ceremony recently and released videos and photographs of Virgin SpaceShip the VSS Unity. The VSS Unity is being built by the […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: FAA, ISPCS, NASA, Near-Space Flight Services, New Mexico Space Grant Consortium, New Mexico Space Grant Student Launch Program, New Mexico State University, Spaceports, SpaceShipTwo(SSII), SpaceX, UP Aerospace, Virgin Galatic

Local columns add to community dialogue

January 14, 2016

Local columns add to community dialogue Over the past few weeks we have learned of the resignation of some of the local contributing columnists. Like you, I read their columns. Over time, each columnist finds their voice and their audience. As I now return from vacation time with family, I reflected on how the family […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: NASA, New Blogs, New Mexico Space Grant Consortium, Spaceports

I love being surprised

May 6, 2015

I love being surprised except when I hate it. On the way back from our recent launch at the spaceport, the 2 New Mexicans in the car agreed, we wanted our out of town guests to experience lunch at Sparkys in Hatch. We spent a year working on this Student Launch campaign with Las Cruces […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: International Space Station (ISS), Las Cruces Public Schools, NASA, New Mexico Space Grant Consortium, New Mexico Space Grant Student Launch Program, Spaceports, Summer of Innovation - Launch & Learn

Getting pushed over to the side of the road

April 8, 2015

Have you ever owned a jalopy and had to push it over to the side of the road? Remember what it’s like, drivers side door open, traffic stopped and you huffing and puffing to get it out of everyone’s way. When I was young my parents did not  give me a car when I came […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Commercial spaceflight, Dynamic Leadership in the age of space, ISPCS, NASA, NASA Flight Opportunties, New Mexico Space Grant Consortium, New Mexico Space Grant Student Launch Program, New Mexico State University, Space, Spaceports, Summer of Innovation - Launch & Learn, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), White Sands Test Facility

I won’t take no for an answer

January 12, 2015

In January we set personal goals for the year, make resolutions in some cases, throw a Hail Mary pass at a difficult problem.  Lose weight, find your new relationship or solve both and join the gym, a Hail Mary pass for sure. Making realistic, specific, measurable goals requires a plan. The plan can create change; […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Mesilla Valley Economic Development Association, Public speaking, Spaceports

Teaching and Learning

July 10, 2012

The core of my motivation in writing is not only to examine major issues in the commercial space transportation industry, but to also learn along with you. The emerging commercial space industry is fascinating. It is about much more than space. This week I have been working on a spaceport panel for the commercial space […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Commercial spaceflight, FAA, Federal Aviation Administration, International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight, ISPCS, New Blogs, Public speaking, Spaceport Sweden, Spaceports

Operating at the Margins and Making it Work

February 7, 2012

What do Pros Ranch market and going back to the moon have in common? Hint #1: it’s about looking around to see what isn’t happening. We are not going to Juarez or the moon. Right now, both are out of reach. Hint #2: it is about opportunity. Hint #3: it’s about us. Why do I […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Commercial Space Articles, ISS, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NASA, Public speaking, Spaceports, Tiangong 1, White Sands Missile Range

The Space Report

May 1, 2011

Four years ago, the annually published Space Report did not have a section on spaceports.  The Space Report is published by the Space Foundation. It truly is an authoritative guide to global space activity. It is a well respected compilation covering the major topics in the industry.  Space Infrastructure, a big topic in the industry […]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Commercial Space Articles, Commercial spaceflight, Kennedy Space Complex, Space, Space Foundation, Spaceport America Runway Dedication, Spaceports, The Space Report

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