In the past year, we have experienced three aviation deaths at or near the Las Cruces Municipal Airport. All three of the accidents are being investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). The NTSB website states in part, it is a federal agency which does not assign fault or blame for an accident or […]
New Mexico Universities must invest in faculty with commercial space capability now
New Mexico Universities must invest in faculty with commercial space capability now. Commercialization of space is becoming more important to our national leaders every year as commercial companies demonstrate low-cost increased access to space from commercial spaceports is possible. “The United States Defense Department needs to be thinking seriously about commercial alternatives in order to […]
It only takes one meeting
As sequestration begins its effect on our lives may never be fully realized or calculable. This government policy is slowly starting to pull our economy apart as budget negotiations start in Washington. Shutting down the government as a strategy didn’t work during the “Contract with America” in 1994 as non-essential government services were halted for […]
The sequester: It’s like the flu or a hangover
The sequester: It’s like the flu or a hangover. You’ve got it now how are you going to get through it? So let’s take the first case, the flu. You did not give yourself the flu but you’ve got it. The thing about the flu is you don’t know how bad it is until it’s […]
The Analog computer and our future
Seventy years ago on December 7, the Japanese invaded Pearl Harbor. The Japanese not only invaded Pearl Harbor, but also almost simultaneously, attacked Thailand, Shanghai, Malaya, the Philippines, Guam, Midway, and Wake. A few days later they invaded Burma; a few days later, British Borneo. Hong Kong fell on Christmas, North Borneo, Manila, and the […]
