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 […]
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 […]
Operating at the Margins and Making it Work
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 […]
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 […]
The Spaceport Directors
This is a multiple choice question. The reason I was late for my telecom last Thursday was (a) I forgot how to get to the office (b) the dog hid my keys (c) there was a snake in my living room. It was 6:30am, I was leaving the house to run, and there it was. […]
