News with "ISPCS" as a topic
Topics: ISPCS Public Forum, ISPCS, ISPCS, Spaceport America Runway Dedication, Commercial Space Articles, Virgin Galatic, Spaceport America
Space Week in New Mexico was recently completed, it was held October 19-22, 2010 in Las Cruces and at Spaceport America. It took a year to plan. Space Week in New Mexico is a series of events held over 4 days. It hopefully created more questions than we answered. When will people start flying from Spaceport America, how many and what type of jobs will we see when the spaceport is finished, how can we ...
Topics: ISPCSTopics: ISPCS, Hale-Bopp comet, Commercial Space Articles, Alan Hale, Summer of Innovation - Launch & Learn, Spaceport America
Now that 2011 is drawing to a close I have been reflecting on 2010. I think about what I have accomplished, writing this series of articles has been an accomplishment. I am grateful to you readers and to those of you who have told me you read my column. Your words give me confidence and drive to do a better job in the coming year.
In my first column, I suggested people in our ...
Topics: ISPCSTopics: ISPCS, Robert Bigelow, Commercial Space Articles, Bigelow Aerospace, Spaceport America
This week I had the great privilege to have Mr. Robert Bigelow, escort a colleague and me on a tour of Bigelow Aerospace facilities north of Las Vegas, Nevada. Mr. Bigelow founded Bigelow Aerospace in 1999. He is a native of Las Vegas, Nevada, and made his fortune from his construction and real estate development companies, as well Budget Suites of America.
Mr. Bigelow met us in his office and luckily he wanted to ...
Topics: Summer of Innovation - Launch & Learn, COE-CST, COE-CST, ISPCS, ISPCS, 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, Spaceport America Runway Dedication, Virgin Galatic, Dynamic Leadership in the age of space, Spaceport America
Commercial Space FrontiersBringing the Industry Home
By Joe BurgessPhotography by Joe Burgess and Courtsey of the Space Development FountationFor the article online at Las Cruces Magazine click hereFor a pdf of the Las Cruces Magazine click hereThe development of commercial space as a viable industry for southern New Mexico is rapidly materializing. Years of behind-the-scenes efforts have resulted in large research and project funding ...
Topics: Bigelow Aerospace, Commercial Space Articles, ISPCS, ISPCS, New Mexico Space Grant Consortium, New Mexico Space Grant Consortium , Robert Bigelow
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 efficacy of the idea is what is important."
Bigelow will be one of a number of successful businessmen sharing ...
