News with "International Space Station (ISS) " as a topic
On Valentine's Day, NASA released their 2012 budget. I was given the privilege of listening, at 6am via telecom, as Administrator Charlie Bolden explained the budget. I have been asked to join business meetings in Administrator Bolden's conference room at NASA headquarters in the past. I always wonder why they want me there. Now I ask.
My colleague at headquarters loves New Mexico. He was the one who ...
Topics: Chris Anderson, Commercial Space Articles, International Space Station (ISS) , New Mexico Space Grant Student Launch Program, New Mexico Space Grant Student Launch Program , Mike Coats, Space Shuttle Atlantis , ISS, National Laboratory, SpaceNews, Spaceport America
Here's an invitation I treasure: "On behalf of the Johnson Space Center Director, Mike Coats, it's my pleasure to invite you and a guest to join us in viewing the launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida." The invitation describes the final mission of STS-135 Atlantis to deliver supplies and services to the International Space Station (ISS) one last time on Friday, July 8, 2011. Our nation, and ...
Topics: Richard Branson , Peter Diamandis, Paul Allen , New Mexico Space Grant Student Launch Program, New Mexico Space Grant Student Launch Program , New Mexico , International Space Station (ISS) , Gene Kranz , Burt Rutan , Astronauts, Apollo 13 , Albert Einstein , Space Adventures , Spaceport America, Virgin Galatic, XPRIZE
"I'm thankful to all those who said NO to me. It's because of them I did it myself". Albert Einstein said that, and likely you understand this quote like I do. Life can be rewarding, but like most things you get out what you put in. The legislative session has started. Our legislators must hear lots of NOs all day long during the session. Each legislator struggles individually and eventually they must come together and ...
Topics: Bigelow Aerospace, International Space Station (ISS) , International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight, ISPCS, ISPCS, NASA, NASA, NASA, NASA, NASA’s Commercial Crew Development program (CCDev) , New Mexico Space Grant Consortium, New Mexico Space Grant Consortium , New Mexico Space Grant Student Launch Program, New Mexico Space Grant Student Launch Program , Robert Bigelow, Space, SpaceNews, SpaceX
People who run marathons, scientists who live at the South Pole in winter, and even the firefighters in the Gila, have something in common. They have an innate drive to be autonomous, self-determined and connected to each other. Volunteering to be in a closed, hostile environment for months at a time is something International Space Station (ISS) astronauts and scientists who live at the South Pole have in common. When people are in an environment ...
Topics: Commercial spaceflight, informed consent, International Space Station (ISS) , ISPCS, ISPCS, Kennedy Space Center, Kennedy Space Center, Kennedy Space Center, Kennedy Space Center, NASA, NASA, NASA, NASA, New Mexico , New Mexico Space Grant Consortium, New Mexico Space Grant Consortium , New Mexico State University, Spaceport America, Virgin Galatic
This quote from John Pierce, the man who supervised the development of the transistor at Bell Labs, provides a relevant perspective worth sharing, regarding the risk/reward equation New Mexico has embarked on with the spaceport; "Regrettably, the language that describes innovations often fails to distinguish between an innovative consumer product and an innovation that represents a leap in human knowledge and a new foundation (or "platform," as it is often described) for industry. Things ...
