The experiments on the rocket were built by the students and teachers eight months ago. The delay caused a loss in momentum with the public school students and teachers. A year in the life of a fifteen year old student is equal to about eighteen months relatively speaking. It's a long time for a student to stay involved when there is nothing happening. As of right now, there is one physics class at Hot Spring High School that teaches designing, building, flying and analyzing experiments going to and coming back from space. But that is going to change soon in Las Cruces. The Las Cruces Public School District has begun to design new science curriculum and student experiments will be part of the design. This is part of the long term vision for space education. Provide annual access to space for student experiments. Why do we want to send experiments to space?

It is graduation season. Families are planning graduation celebrations all over the country. These are achievements of students, teachers, and administrators. These celebrations are a testament to belief in the future. Our future. Does our public education system prepare students to run this country? Can a representative democracy's education system prepare its citizens to solve problems we can't even anticipate? One way we prepare our country and our students for a challenging future is to take on big problems like human commercial space transportation. No nation on this earth is investing in a future that includes sending humans to space from a commercial spaceport on a privately designed, built and recently successfully tested spaceship. One state has invested and it's New Mexico.

If you are lucky, your graduation ceremony will include a talk about graduation as the beginning of a great adventure. And if you are in the audience, look around. Ask yourself, how many of these kids did something extraordinary this year? So why send student experiments to space? Because all of us have to do something extraordinary at least once a year. It may be playing a solo at a concert, acting in a play, winning a science fair competition or playing in a winning basketball game. A good graduation speech should inspire. A great education should include one great achievement for every student at least once a year. The achievement has to be tough. How come? Achievement is addictive.

It is tough to get to space. That's why we haven't done much of it. Sixty eight schools, and hundreds of students did something extra ordinary in the last four years, they sent experiments to space. We are back on track.

Our state did something extraordinary last week. We signed SpaceX to be a tenant at Spaceport America. SpaceX is the private company that just docket with the International Space Station. Ah, that's a big achievement. It's never been done by a privately held U.S. company. In less than two weeks, two private companies have made stunning achievements part of the New Mexico future. This is truly a New Mexico First week. Virgin Galactic successfully fired the rocket motor on the SpaceShip2 which will operate from Spaceport America. And SpaceX signed a three year tenant agreement with New Mexico to test their vertical take off, vertical landing vehicle "Grasshopper" at our spaceport. Our students launch their experiments from the verticle launch area at the spaceport.

There are many bumps in a road not traveled. Getting to space is a road traveled 6 times for our students. The seventh is coming up. We are almost there. The rocket company, Up Aerospace, was started by Jerry Larson. Jerry has been interested in building and launching rockets for twenty eight years. He has many stories to tell about achievement. Join us on June 21. Register at www.launchnm.com

The experiments on the rocket were built by the students and teachers eight months ago. The delay caused a loss in momentum with the public school students and teachers. A year in the life of a fifteen year old student is equal to about eighteen months relatively speaking. It's a long time for a student to stay involved when there is nothing happening. As of right now, there is one physics class at Hot Spring High School that teaches designing, building, flying and analyzing experiments going to and coming back from space. But that is going to change soon in Las Cruces. The Las Cruces Public School District has begun to design new science curriculum and student experiments will be part of the design. This is part of the long term vision for space education. Provide annual access to space for student experiments. Why do we want to send experiments to space?

It is graduation season. Families are planning graduation celebrations all over the country. These are achievements of students, teachers, and administrators. These celebrations are a testament to belief in the future. Our future. Does our public education system prepare students to run this country? Can a representative democracy's education system prepare its citizens to solve problems we can't even anticipate? One way we prepare our country and our students for a challenging future is to take on big problems like human commercial space transportation. No nation on this earth is investing in a future that includes sending humans to space from a commercial spaceport on a privately designed, built and recently successfully tested spaceship. One state has invested and it's New Mexico.

If you are lucky, your graduation ceremony will include a talk about graduation as the beginning of a great adventure. And if you are in the audience, look around. Ask yourself, how many of these kids did something extraordinary this year? So why send student experiments to space? Because all of us have to do something extraordinary at least once a year. It may be playing a solo at a concert, acting in a play, winning a science fair competition or playing in a winning basketball game. A good graduation speech should inspire. A great education should include one great achievement for every student at least once a year. The achievement has to be tough. How come? Achievement is addictive.

It is tough to get to space. That's why we haven't done much of it. Sixty eight schools, and hundreds of students did something extra ordinary in the last four years, they sent experiments to space. We are back on track.

Our state did something extraordinary last week. We signed SpaceX to be a tenant at Spaceport America. SpaceX is the private company that just docket with the International Space Station. Ah, that's a big achievement. It's never been done by a privately held U.S. company. In less than two weeks, two private companies have made stunning achievements part of the New Mexico future. This is truly a New Mexico First week. Virgin Galactic successfully fired the rocket motor on the SpaceShip2 which will operate from Spaceport America. And SpaceX signed a three year tenant agreement with New Mexico to test their vertical take off, vertical landing vehicle "Grasshopper" at our spaceport. Our students launch their experiments from the verticle launch area at the spaceport.

There are many bumps in a road not traveled. Getting to space is a road traveled 6 times for our students. The seventh is coming up. We are almost there. The rocket company, Up Aerospace, was started by Jerry Larson. Jerry has been interested in building and launching rockets for twenty eight years. He has many stories to tell about achievement. Join us on June 21. Register at www.launchnm.com

The experiments on the rocket were built by the students and teachers eight months ago. The delay caused a loss in momentum with the public school students and teachers. A year in the life of a fifteen year old student is equal to about eighteen months relatively speaking. It's a long time for a student to stay involved when there is nothing happening. As of right now, there is one physics class at Hot Spring High School that teaches designing, building, flying and analyzing experiments going to and coming back from space. But that is going to change soon in Las Cruces. The Las Cruces Public School District has begun to design new science curriculum and student experiments will be part of the design. This is part of the long term vision for space education. Provide annual access to space for student experiments. Why do we want to send experiments to space?

It is graduation season. Families are planning graduation celebrations all over the country. These are achievements of students, teachers, and administrators. These celebrations are a testament to belief in the future. Our future. Does our public education system prepare students to run this country? Can a representative democracy's education system prepare its citizens to solve problems we can't even anticipate? One way we prepare our country and our students for a challenging future is to take on big problems like human commercial space transportation. No nation on this earth is investing in a future that includes sending humans to space from a commercial spaceport on a privately designed, built and recently successfully tested spaceship. One state has invested and it's New Mexico.

If you are lucky, your graduation ceremony will include a talk about graduation as the beginning of a great adventure. And if you are in the audience, look around. Ask yourself, how many of these kids did something extraordinary this year? So why send student experiments to space? Because all of us have to do something extraordinary at least once a year. It may be playing a solo at a concert, acting in a play, winning a science fair competition or playing in a winning basketball game. A good graduation speech should inspire. A great education should include one great achievement for every student at least once a year. The achievement has to be tough. How come? Achievement is addictive.

It is tough to get to space. That's why we haven't done much of it. Sixty eight schools, and hundreds of students did something extra ordinary in the last four years, they sent experiments to space. We are back on track.

Our state did something extraordinary last week. We signed SpaceX to be a tenant at Spaceport America. SpaceX is the private company that just docket with the International Space Station. Ah, that's a big achievement. It's never been done by a privately held U.S. company. In less than two weeks, two private companies have made stunning achievements part of the New Mexico future. This is truly a New Mexico First week. Virgin Galactic successfully fired the rocket motor on the SpaceShip2 which will operate from Spaceport America. And SpaceX signed a three year tenant agreement with New Mexico to test their vertical take off, vertical landing vehicle "Grasshopper" at our spaceport. Our students launch their experiments from the verticle launch area at the spaceport.

There are many bumps in a road not traveled. Getting to space is a road traveled 6 times for our students. The seventh is coming up. We are almost there. The rocket company, Up Aerospace, was started by Jerry Larson. Jerry has been interested in building and launching rockets for twenty eight years. He has many stories to tell about achievement. Join us on June 21. Register at www.launchnm.com

The experiments on the rocket were built by the students and teachers eight months ago. The delay caused a loss in momentum with the public school students and teachers. A year in the life of a fifteen year old student is equal to about eighteen months relatively speaking. It's a long time for a student to stay involved when there is nothing happening. As of right now, there is one physics class at Hot Spring High School that teaches designing, building, flying and analyzing experiments going to and coming back from space. But that is going to change soon in Las Cruces. The Las Cruces Public School District has begun to design new science curriculum and student experiments will be part of the design. This is part of the long term vision for space education. Provide annual access to space for student experiments. Why do we want to send experiments to space?

It is graduation season. Families are planning graduation celebrations all over the country. These are achievements of students, teachers, and administrators. These celebrations are a testament to belief in the future. Our future. Does our public education system prepare students to run this country? Can a representative democracy's education system prepare its citizens to solve problems we can't even anticipate? One way we prepare our country and our students for a challenging future is to take on big problems like human commercial space transportation. No nation on this earth is investing in a future that includes sending humans to space from a commercial spaceport on a privately designed, built and recently successfully tested spaceship. One state has invested and it's New Mexico.

If you are lucky, your graduation ceremony will include a talk about graduation as the beginning of a great adventure. And if you are in the audience, look around. Ask yourself, how many of these kids did something extraordinary this year? So why send student experiments to space? Because all of us have to do something extraordinary at least once a year. It may be playing a solo at a concert, acting in a play, winning a science fair competition or playing in a winning basketball game. A good graduation speech should inspire. A great education should include one great achievement for every student at least once a year. The achievement has to be tough. How come? Achievement is addictive.

It is tough to get to space. That's why we haven't done much of it. Sixty eight schools, and hundreds of students did something extra ordinary in the last four years, they sent experiments to space. We are back on track.

Our state did something extraordinary last week. We signed SpaceX to be a tenant at Spaceport America. SpaceX is the private company that just docket with the International Space Station. Ah, that's a big achievement. It's never been done by a privately held U.S. company. In less than two weeks, two private companies have made stunning achievements part of the New Mexico future. This is truly a New Mexico First week. Virgin Galactic successfully fired the rocket motor on the SpaceShip2 which will operate from Spaceport America. And SpaceX signed a three year tenant agreement with New Mexico to test their vertical take off, vertical landing vehicle "Grasshopper" at our spaceport. Our students launch their experiments from the verticle launch area at the spaceport.

There are many bumps in a road not traveled. Getting to space is a road traveled 6 times for our students. The seventh is coming up. We are almost there. The rocket company, Up Aerospace, was started by Jerry Larson. Jerry has been interested in building and launching rockets for twenty eight years. He has many stories to tell about achievement. Join us on June 21. Register at www.launchnm.com

The experiments on the rocket were built by the students and teachers eight months ago. The delay caused a loss in momentum with the public school students and teachers. A year in the life of a fifteen year old student is equal to about eighteen months relatively speaking. It's a long time for a student to stay involved when there is nothing happening. As of right now, there is one physics class at Hot Spring High School that teaches designing, building, flying and analyzing experiments going to and coming back from space. But that is going to change soon in Las Cruces. The Las Cruces Public School District has begun to design new science curriculum and student experiments will be part of the design. This is part of the long term vision for space education. Provide annual access to space for student experiments. Why do we want to send experiments to space?

It is graduation season. Families are planning graduation celebrations all over the country. These are achievements of students, teachers, and administrators. These celebrations are a testament to belief in the future. Our future. Does our public education system prepare students to run this country? Can a representative democracy's education system prepare its citizens to solve problems we can't even anticipate? One way we prepare our country and our students for a challenging future is to take on big problems like human commercial space transportation. No nation on this earth is investing in a future that includes sending humans to space from a commercial spaceport on a privately designed, built and recently successfully tested spaceship. One state has invested and it's New Mexico.

If you are lucky, your graduation ceremony will include a talk about graduation as the beginning of a great adventure. And if you are in the audience, look around. Ask yourself, how many of these kids did something extraordinary this year? So why send student experiments to space? Because all of us have to do something extraordinary at least once a year. It may be playing a solo at a concert, acting in a play, winning a science fair competition or playing in a winning basketball game. A good graduation speech should inspire. A great education should include one great achievement for every student at least once a year. The achievement has to be tough. How come? Achievement is addictive.

It is tough to get to space. That's why we haven't done much of it. Sixty eight schools, and hundreds of students did something extra ordinary in the last four years, they sent experiments to space. We are back on track.

Our state did something extraordinary last week. We signed SpaceX to be a tenant at Spaceport America. SpaceX is the private company that just docket with the International Space Station. Ah, that's a big achievement. It's never been done by a privately held U.S. company. In less than two weeks, two private companies have made stunning achievements part of the New Mexico future. This is truly a New Mexico First week. Virgin Galactic successfully fired the rocket motor on the SpaceShip2 which will operate from Spaceport America. And SpaceX signed a three year tenant agreement with New Mexico to test their vertical take off, vertical landing vehicle "Grasshopper" at our spaceport. Our students launch their experiments from the verticle launch area at the spaceport.

There are many bumps in a road not traveled. Getting to space is a road traveled 6 times for our students. The seventh is coming up. We are almost there. The rocket company, Up Aerospace, was started by Jerry Larson. Jerry has been interested in building and launching rockets for twenty eight years. He has many stories to tell about achievement. Join us on June 21. Register at www.launchnm.com

The experiments on the rocket were built by the students and teachers eight months ago. The delay caused a loss in momentum with the public school students and teachers. A year in the life of a fifteen year old student is equal to about eighteen months relatively speaking. It's a long time for a student to stay involved when there is nothing happening. As of right now, there is one physics class at Hot Spring High School that teaches designing, building, flying and analyzing experiments going to and coming back from space. But that is going to change soon in Las Cruces. The Las Cruces Public School District has begun to design new science curriculum and student experiments will be part of the design. This is part of the long term vision for space education. Provide annual access to space for student experiments. Why do we want to send experiments to space?

It is graduation season. Families are planning graduation celebrations all over the country. These are achievements of students, teachers, and administrators. These celebrations are a testament to belief in the future. Our future. Does our public education system prepare students to run this country? Can a representative democracy's education system prepare its citizens to solve problems we can't even anticipate? One way we prepare our country and our students for a challenging future is to take on big problems like human commercial space transportation. No nation on this earth is investing in a future that includes sending humans to space from a commercial spaceport on a privately designed, built and recently successfully tested spaceship. One state has invested and it's New Mexico.

If you are lucky, your graduation ceremony will include a talk about graduation as the beginning of a great adventure. And if you are in the audience, look around. Ask yourself, how many of these kids did something extraordinary this year? So why send student experiments to space? Because all of us have to do something extraordinary at least once a year. It may be playing a solo at a concert, acting in a play, winning a science fair competition or playing in a winning basketball game. A good graduation speech should inspire. A great education should include one great achievement for every student at least once a year. The achievement has to be tough. How come? Achievement is addictive.

It is tough to get to space. That's why we haven't done much of it. Sixty eight schools, and hundreds of students did something extra ordinary in the last four years, they sent experiments to space. We are back on track.

Our state did something extraordinary last week. We signed SpaceX to be a tenant at Spaceport America. SpaceX is the private company that just docket with the International Space Station. Ah, that's a big achievement. It's never been done by a privately held U.S. company. In less than two weeks, two private companies have made stunning achievements part of the New Mexico future. This is truly a New Mexico First week. Virgin Galactic successfully fired the rocket motor on the SpaceShip2 which will operate from Spaceport America. And SpaceX signed a three year tenant agreement with New Mexico to test their vertical take off, vertical landing vehicle "Grasshopper" at our spaceport. Our students launch their experiments from the verticle launch area at the spaceport.

There are many bumps in a road not traveled. Getting to space is a road traveled 6 times for our students. The seventh is coming up. We are almost there. The rocket company, Up Aerospace, was started by Jerry Larson. Jerry has been interested in building and launching rockets for twenty eight years. He has many stories to tell about achievement. Join us on June 21. Register at www.launchnm.com

The experiments on the rocket were built by the students and teachers eight months ago. The delay caused a loss in momentum with the public school students and teachers. A year in the life of a fifteen year old student is equal to about eighteen months relatively speaking. It's a long time for a student to stay involved when there is nothing happening. As of right now, there is one physics class at Hot Spring High School that teaches designing, building, flying and analyzing experiments going to and coming back from space. But that is going to change soon in Las Cruces. The Las Cruces Public School District has begun to design new science curriculum and student experiments will be part of the design. This is part of the long term vision for space education. Provide annual access to space for student experiments. Why do we want to send experiments to space?

It is graduation season. Families are planning graduation celebrations all over the country. These are achievements of students, teachers, and administrators. These celebrations are a testament to belief in the future. Our future. Does our public education system prepare students to run this country? Can a representative democracy's education system prepare its citizens to solve problems we can't even anticipate? One way we prepare our country and our students for a challenging future is to take on big problems like human commercial space transportation. No nation on this earth is investing in a future that includes sending humans to space from a commercial spaceport on a privately designed, built and recently successfully tested spaceship. One state has invested and it's New Mexico.

If you are lucky, your graduation ceremony will include a talk about graduation as the beginning of a great adventure. And if you are in the audience, look around. Ask yourself, how many of these kids did something extraordinary this year? So why send student experiments to space? Because all of us have to do something extraordinary at least once a year. It may be playing a solo at a concert, acting in a play, winning a science fair competition or playing in a winning basketball game. A good graduation speech should inspire. A great education should include one great achievement for every student at least once a year. The achievement has to be tough. How come? Achievement is addictive.

It is tough to get to space. That's why we haven't done much of it. Sixty eight schools, and hundreds of students did something extra ordinary in the last four years, they sent experiments to space. We are back on track.

Our state did something extraordinary last week. We signed SpaceX to be a tenant at Spaceport America. SpaceX is the private company that just docket with the International Space Station. Ah, that's a big achievement. It's never been done by a privately held U.S. company. In less than two weeks, two private companies have made stunning achievements part of the New Mexico future. This is truly a New Mexico First week. Virgin Galactic successfully fired the rocket motor on the SpaceShip2 which will operate from Spaceport America. And SpaceX signed a three year tenant agreement with New Mexico to test their vertical take off, vertical landing vehicle "Grasshopper" at our spaceport. Our students launch their experiments from the verticle launch area at the spaceport.

There are many bumps in a road not traveled. Getting to space is a road traveled 6 times for our students. The seventh is coming up. We are almost there. The rocket company, Up Aerospace, was started by Jerry Larson. Jerry has been interested in building and launching rockets for twenty eight years. He has many stories to tell about achievement. Join us on June 21. Register at www.launchnm.com

The experiments on the rocket were built by the students and teachers eight months ago. The delay caused a loss in momentum with the public school students and teachers. A year in the life of a fifteen year old student is equal to about eighteen months relatively speaking. It's a long time for a student to stay involved when there is nothing happening. As of right now, there is one physics class at Hot Spring High School that teaches designing, building, flying and analyzing experiments going to and coming back from space. But that is going to change soon in Las Cruces. The Las Cruces Public School District has begun to design new science curriculum and student experiments will be part of the design. This is part of the long term vision for space education. Provide annual access to space for student experiments. Why do we want to send experiments to space?

It is graduation season. Families are planning graduation celebrations all over the country. These are achievements of students, teachers, and administrators. These celebrations are a testament to belief in the future. Our future. Does our public education system prepare students to run this country? Can a representative democracy's education system prepare its citizens to solve problems we can't even anticipate? One way we prepare our country and our students for a challenging future is to take on big problems like human commercial space transportation. No nation on this earth is investing in a future that includes sending humans to space from a commercial spaceport on a privately designed, built and recently successfully tested spaceship. One state has invested and it's New Mexico.

If you are lucky, your graduation ceremony will include a talk about graduation as the beginning of a great adventure. And if you are in the audience, look around. Ask yourself, how many of these kids did something extraordinary this year? So why send student experiments to space? Because all of us have to do something extraordinary at least once a year. It may be playing a solo at a concert, acting in a play, winning a science fair competition or playing in a winning basketball game. A good graduation speech should inspire. A great education should include one great achievement for every student at least once a year. The achievement has to be tough. How come? Achievement is addictive.

It is tough to get to space. That's why we haven't done much of it. Sixty eight schools, and hundreds of students did something extra ordinary in the last four years, they sent experiments to space. We are back on track.

Our state did something extraordinary last week. We signed SpaceX to be a tenant at Spaceport America. SpaceX is the private company that just docket with the International Space Station. Ah, that's a big achievement. It's never been done by a privately held U.S. company. In less than two weeks, two private companies have made stunning achievements part of the New Mexico future. This is truly a New Mexico First week. Virgin Galactic successfully fired the rocket motor on the SpaceShip2 which will operate from Spaceport America. And SpaceX signed a three year tenant agreement with New Mexico to test their vertical take off, vertical landing vehicle "Grasshopper" at our spaceport. Our students launch their experiments from the verticle launch area at the spaceport.

There are many bumps in a road not traveled. Getting to space is a road traveled 6 times for our students. The seventh is coming up. We are almost there. The rocket company, Up Aerospace, was started by Jerry Larson. Jerry has been interested in building and launching rockets for twenty eight years. He has many stories to tell about achievement. Join us on June 21. Register at www.launchnm.com

The experiments on the rocket were built by the students and teachers eight months ago. The delay caused a loss in momentum with the public school students and teachers. A year in the life of a fifteen year old student is equal to about eighteen months relatively speaking. It's a long time for a student to stay involved when there is nothing happening. As of right now, there is one physics class at Hot Spring High School that teaches designing, building, flying and analyzing experiments going to and coming back from space. But that is going to change soon in Las Cruces. The Las Cruces Public School District has begun to design new science curriculum and student experiments will be part of the design. This is part of the long term vision for space education. Provide annual access to space for student experiments. Why do we want to send experiments to space?

It is graduation season. Families are planning graduation celebrations all over the country. These are achievements of students, teachers, and administrators. These celebrations are a testament to belief in the future. Our future. Does our public education system prepare students to run this country? Can a representative democracy's education system prepare its citizens to solve problems we can't even anticipate? One way we prepare our country and our students for a challenging future is to take on big problems like human commercial space transportation. No nation on this earth is investing in a future that includes sending humans to space from a commercial spaceport on a privately designed, built and recently successfully tested spaceship. One state has invested and it's New Mexico.

If you are lucky, your graduation ceremony will include a talk about graduation as the beginning of a great adventure. And if you are in the audience, look around. Ask yourself, how many of these kids did something extraordinary this year? So why send student experiments to space? Because all of us have to do something extraordinary at least once a year. It may be playing a solo at a concert, acting in a play, winning a science fair competition or playing in a winning basketball game. A good graduation speech should inspire. A great education should include one great achievement for every student at least once a year. The achievement has to be tough. How come? Achievement is addictive.

It is tough to get to space. That's why we haven't done much of it. Sixty eight schools, and hundreds of students did something extra ordinary in the last four years, they sent experiments to space. We are back on track.

Our state did something extraordinary last week. We signed SpaceX to be a tenant at Spaceport America. SpaceX is the private company that just docket with the International Space Station. Ah, that's a big achievement. It's never been done by a privately held U.S. company. In less than two weeks, two private companies have made stunning achievements part of the New Mexico future. This is truly a New Mexico First week. Virgin Galactic successfully fired the rocket motor on the SpaceShip2 which will operate from Spaceport America. And SpaceX signed a three year tenant agreement with New Mexico to test their vertical take off, vertical landing vehicle "Grasshopper" at our spaceport. Our students launch their experiments from the verticle launch area at the spaceport.

There are many bumps in a road not traveled. Getting to space is a road traveled 6 times for our students. The seventh is coming up. We are almost there. The rocket company, Up Aerospace, was started by Jerry Larson. Jerry has been interested in building and launching rockets for twenty eight years. He has many stories to tell about achievement. Join us on June 21. Register at www.launchnm.com

Soon we may be able to get student experiments manifest onto station through the CASIS lab. In October, William Gerstenmeir, Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations , the CASIS lab director, Jim Royston, and even the President of SpaceX, Gwynne Shotwell will be coming to Las Cruces to talk about this facility. It is the beginning for taxpayers to participate in a great leap for human knowledge, started in 1984.

In his State of the Union address, President Regan stated, "A space station will permit quantum leaps in our research in science, communications...NASA will invite other countries to participate so we can strengthen peace, build prosperity, and expand freedom for all who share our goals. The market for space transportation could surpass our capacity to develop it. Companies interested in putting payloads into space must have ready access to private sector launch services.We'll soon implement a number of executive initiatives, develop proposals to ease regulatory constraints, and, with NASA's help, promote private sector investment in space."
The Shuttle and the Russian Soyuz, both government developed and operated launch vehicles, ferried the construction materials and "construction worker" astronauts to space to build the ISS. In 2012, with significant private investment after nearly a billion dollar NASA investment, the privately built Falcon 9 docked its Dragon capsule with the ISS. SpaceX is the first private American launch company to dock with ISS. President Regan predicted this day would come. And hopefully, we will manifest a New Mexico experiment on ISS.

President Regan, and all succeeding Presidents, supported the public private partnership for the future of space faring nations. The free world will work in space together. We are still on course. The importance of maturity is that we learn as we age. Visionaries who are builders and partners look to benefit mankind. They understand it takes partners and peace to build. We can't grow and take giant leaps in knowledge if we are at war.

The International Space Station (ISS) was a post cold war science and engineering super project. It was a political decision. It was made, in part, to keep the Russian scientists occupied on something as prestigious as being the major builder, along with the United States, in a project of stunning magnitude. Big enough even for the Russians to agree, cooperating was better than competing with the winners of the cold war. How did we beat the Russians? Not militarily, we beat them with capitalism. The consumer beat the Kremlin. And here is where we, the American public, the mighty consumer have a role to play, we have great power.
Did anyone notice how quickly Congress leapt into action after the FAA Air Traffic Controller furloughs started on Monday. The agency says it can shave off $200 million through the furloughs of 47,000 employees, including about 13,000 air-traffic controllers, and that it has few other places where savings can be achieved. The American consumer, the taxpayers, got furious with Congress and it took five working days to fix the problem with the air traffic controller furloughs.

I'd like the consumer - doing business as the American taxpayer, to look at building our nation through positive action. The ISS will create giant leaps in human knowledge. In 2005, Congress designated the U.S. portion of the ISS as a national laboratory. It is finally becoming possible for our students and faculty to use this laboratory facility called the Center for Science in Space - CASIS. We will take the first steps this week in discussing this option with the Las Cruces Public School leadership. Keep looking up.

Watch ISS live at http://spacestationlive.nasa.gov/

Soon we may be able to get student experiments manifest onto station through the CASIS lab. In October, William Gerstenmeir, Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations , the CASIS lab director, Jim Royston, and even the President of SpaceX, Gwynne Shotwell will be coming to Las Cruces to talk about this facility. It is the beginning for taxpayers to participate in a great leap for human knowledge, started in 1984.

In his State of the Union address, President Regan stated, "A space station will permit quantum leaps in our research in science, communications...NASA will invite other countries to participate so we can strengthen peace, build prosperity, and expand freedom for all who share our goals. The market for space transportation could surpass our capacity to develop it. Companies interested in putting payloads into space must have ready access to private sector launch services.We'll soon implement a number of executive initiatives, develop proposals to ease regulatory constraints, and, with NASA's help, promote private sector investment in space."
The Shuttle and the Russian Soyuz, both government developed and operated launch vehicles, ferried the construction materials and "construction worker" astronauts to space to build the ISS. In 2012, with significant private investment after nearly a billion dollar NASA investment, the privately built Falcon 9 docked its Dragon capsule with the ISS. SpaceX is the first private American launch company to dock with ISS. President Regan predicted this day would come. And hopefully, we will manifest a New Mexico experiment on ISS.

President Regan, and all succeeding Presidents, supported the public private partnership for the future of space faring nations. The free world will work in space together. We are still on course. The importance of maturity is that we learn as we age. Visionaries who are builders and partners look to benefit mankind. They understand it takes partners and peace to build. We can't grow and take giant leaps in knowledge if we are at war.

The International Space Station (ISS) was a post cold war science and engineering super project. It was a political decision. It was made, in part, to keep the Russian scientists occupied on something as prestigious as being the major builder, along with the United States, in a project of stunning magnitude. Big enough even for the Russians to agree, cooperating was better than competing with the winners of the cold war. How did we beat the Russians? Not militarily, we beat them with capitalism. The consumer beat the Kremlin. And here is where we, the American public, the mighty consumer have a role to play, we have great power.
Did anyone notice how quickly Congress leapt into action after the FAA Air Traffic Controller furloughs started on Monday. The agency says it can shave off $200 million through the furloughs of 47,000 employees, including about 13,000 air-traffic controllers, and that it has few other places where savings can be achieved. The American consumer, the taxpayers, got furious with Congress and it took five working days to fix the problem with the air traffic controller furloughs.

I'd like the consumer - doing business as the American taxpayer, to look at building our nation through positive action. The ISS will create giant leaps in human knowledge. In 2005, Congress designated the U.S. portion of the ISS as a national laboratory. It is finally becoming possible for our students and faculty to use this laboratory facility called the Center for Science in Space - CASIS. We will take the first steps this week in discussing this option with the Las Cruces Public School leadership. Keep looking up.

Watch ISS live at http://spacestationlive.nasa.gov/

Soon we may be able to get student experiments manifest onto station through the CASIS lab. In October, William Gerstenmeir, Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations , the CASIS lab director, Jim Royston, and even the President of SpaceX, Gwynne Shotwell will be coming to Las Cruces to talk about this facility. It is the beginning for taxpayers to participate in a great leap for human knowledge, started in 1984.

In his State of the Union address, President Regan stated, "A space station will permit quantum leaps in our research in science, communications...NASA will invite other countries to participate so we can strengthen peace, build prosperity, and expand freedom for all who share our goals. The market for space transportation could surpass our capacity to develop it. Companies interested in putting payloads into space must have ready access to private sector launch services.We'll soon implement a number of executive initiatives, develop proposals to ease regulatory constraints, and, with NASA's help, promote private sector investment in space."
The Shuttle and the Russian Soyuz, both government developed and operated launch vehicles, ferried the construction materials and "construction worker" astronauts to space to build the ISS. In 2012, with significant private investment after nearly a billion dollar NASA investment, the privately built Falcon 9 docked its Dragon capsule with the ISS. SpaceX is the first private American launch company to dock with ISS. President Regan predicted this day would come. And hopefully, we will manifest a New Mexico experiment on ISS.

President Regan, and all succeeding Presidents, supported the public private partnership for the future of space faring nations. The free world will work in space together. We are still on course. The importance of maturity is that we learn as we age. Visionaries who are builders and partners look to benefit mankind. They understand it takes partners and peace to build. We can't grow and take giant leaps in knowledge if we are at war.

The International Space Station (ISS) was a post cold war science and engineering super project. It was a political decision. It was made, in part, to keep the Russian scientists occupied on something as prestigious as being the major builder, along with the United States, in a project of stunning magnitude. Big enough even for the Russians to agree, cooperating was better than competing with the winners of the cold war. How did we beat the Russians? Not militarily, we beat them with capitalism. The consumer beat the Kremlin. And here is where we, the American public, the mighty consumer have a role to play, we have great power.
Did anyone notice how quickly Congress leapt into action after the FAA Air Traffic Controller furloughs started on Monday. The agency says it can shave off $200 million through the furloughs of 47,000 employees, including about 13,000 air-traffic controllers, and that it has few other places where savings can be achieved. The American consumer, the taxpayers, got furious with Congress and it took five working days to fix the problem with the air traffic controller furloughs.

I'd like the consumer - doing business as the American taxpayer, to look at building our nation through positive action. The ISS will create giant leaps in human knowledge. In 2005, Congress designated the U.S. portion of the ISS as a national laboratory. It is finally becoming possible for our students and faculty to use this laboratory facility called the Center for Science in Space - CASIS. We will take the first steps this week in discussing this option with the Las Cruces Public School leadership. Keep looking up.

Watch ISS live at http://spacestationlive.nasa.gov/

Soon we may be able to get student experiments manifest onto station through the CASIS lab. In October, William Gerstenmeir, Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations , the CASIS lab director, Jim Royston, and even the President of SpaceX, Gwynne Shotwell will be coming to Las Cruces to talk about this facility. It is the beginning for taxpayers to participate in a great leap for human knowledge, started in 1984.

In his State of the Union address, President Regan stated, "A space station will permit quantum leaps in our research in science, communications...NASA will invite other countries to participate so we can strengthen peace, build prosperity, and expand freedom for all who share our goals. The market for space transportation could surpass our capacity to develop it. Companies interested in putting payloads into space must have ready access to private sector launch services.We'll soon implement a number of executive initiatives, develop proposals to ease regulatory constraints, and, with NASA's help, promote private sector investment in space."
The Shuttle and the Russian Soyuz, both government developed and operated launch vehicles, ferried the construction materials and "construction worker" astronauts to space to build the ISS. In 2012, with significant private investment after nearly a billion dollar NASA investment, the privately built Falcon 9 docked its Dragon capsule with the ISS. SpaceX is the first private American launch company to dock with ISS. President Regan predicted this day would come. And hopefully, we will manifest a New Mexico experiment on ISS.

President Regan, and all succeeding Presidents, supported the public private partnership for the future of space faring nations. The free world will work in space together. We are still on course. The importance of maturity is that we learn as we age. Visionaries who are builders and partners look to benefit mankind. They understand it takes partners and peace to build. We can't grow and take giant leaps in knowledge if we are at war.

The International Space Station (ISS) was a post cold war science and engineering super project. It was a political decision. It was made, in part, to keep the Russian scientists occupied on something as prestigious as being the major builder, along with the United States, in a project of stunning magnitude. Big enough even for the Russians to agree, cooperating was better than competing with the winners of the cold war. How did we beat the Russians? Not militarily, we beat them with capitalism. The consumer beat the Kremlin. And here is where we, the American public, the mighty consumer have a role to play, we have great power.
Did anyone notice how quickly Congress leapt into action after the FAA Air Traffic Controller furloughs started on Monday. The agency says it can shave off $200 million through the furloughs of 47,000 employees, including about 13,000 air-traffic controllers, and that it has few other places where savings can be achieved. The American consumer, the taxpayers, got furious with Congress and it took five working days to fix the problem with the air traffic controller furloughs.

I'd like the consumer - doing business as the American taxpayer, to look at building our nation through positive action. The ISS will create giant leaps in human knowledge. In 2005, Congress designated the U.S. portion of the ISS as a national laboratory. It is finally becoming possible for our students and faculty to use this laboratory facility called the Center for Science in Space - CASIS. We will take the first steps this week in discussing this option with the Las Cruces Public School leadership. Keep looking up.

Watch ISS live at http://spacestationlive.nasa.gov/

Soon we may be able to get student experiments manifest onto station through the CASIS lab. In October, William Gerstenmeir, Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations , the CASIS lab director, Jim Royston, and even the President of SpaceX, Gwynne Shotwell will be coming to Las Cruces to talk about this facility. It is the beginning for taxpayers to participate in a great leap for human knowledge, started in 1984.

In his State of the Union address, President Regan stated, "A space station will permit quantum leaps in our research in science, communications...NASA will invite other countries to participate so we can strengthen peace, build prosperity, and expand freedom for all who share our goals. The market for space transportation could surpass our capacity to develop it. Companies interested in putting payloads into space must have ready access to private sector launch services.We'll soon implement a number of executive initiatives, develop proposals to ease regulatory constraints, and, with NASA's help, promote private sector investment in space."
The Shuttle and the Russian Soyuz, both government developed and operated launch vehicles, ferried the construction materials and "construction worker" astronauts to space to build the ISS. In 2012, with significant private investment after nearly a billion dollar NASA investment, the privately built Falcon 9 docked its Dragon capsule with the ISS. SpaceX is the first private American launch company to dock with ISS. President Regan predicted this day would come. And hopefully, we will manifest a New Mexico experiment on ISS.

President Regan, and all succeeding Presidents, supported the public private partnership for the future of space faring nations. The free world will work in space together. We are still on course. The importance of maturity is that we learn as we age. Visionaries who are builders and partners look to benefit mankind. They understand it takes partners and peace to build. We can't grow and take giant leaps in knowledge if we are at war.

The International Space Station (ISS) was a post cold war science and engineering super project. It was a political decision. It was made, in part, to keep the Russian scientists occupied on something as prestigious as being the major builder, along with the United States, in a project of stunning magnitude. Big enough even for the Russians to agree, cooperating was better than competing with the winners of the cold war. How did we beat the Russians? Not militarily, we beat them with capitalism. The consumer beat the Kremlin. And here is where we, the American public, the mighty consumer have a role to play, we have great power.
Did anyone notice how quickly Congress leapt into action after the FAA Air Traffic Controller furloughs started on Monday. The agency says it can shave off $200 million through the furloughs of 47,000 employees, including about 13,000 air-traffic controllers, and that it has few other places where savings can be achieved. The American consumer, the taxpayers, got furious with Congress and it took five working days to fix the problem with the air traffic controller furloughs.

I'd like the consumer - doing business as the American taxpayer, to look at building our nation through positive action. The ISS will create giant leaps in human knowledge. In 2005, Congress designated the U.S. portion of the ISS as a national laboratory. It is finally becoming possible for our students and faculty to use this laboratory facility called the Center for Science in Space - CASIS. We will take the first steps this week in discussing this option with the Las Cruces Public School leadership. Keep looking up.

Watch ISS live at http://spacestationlive.nasa.gov/

Soon we may be able to get student experiments manifest onto station through the CASIS lab. In October, William Gerstenmeir, Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations , the CASIS lab director, Jim Royston, and even the President of SpaceX, Gwynne Shotwell will be coming to Las Cruces to talk about this facility. It is the beginning for taxpayers to participate in a great leap for human knowledge, started in 1984.

In his State of the Union address, President Regan stated, "A space station will permit quantum leaps in our research in science, communications...NASA will invite other countries to participate so we can strengthen peace, build prosperity, and expand freedom for all who share our goals. The market for space transportation could surpass our capacity to develop it. Companies interested in putting payloads into space must have ready access to private sector launch services.We'll soon implement a number of executive initiatives, develop proposals to ease regulatory constraints, and, with NASA's help, promote private sector investment in space."
The Shuttle and the Russian Soyuz, both government developed and operated launch vehicles, ferried the construction materials and "construction worker" astronauts to space to build the ISS. In 2012, with significant private investment after nearly a billion dollar NASA investment, the privately built Falcon 9 docked its Dragon capsule with the ISS. SpaceX is the first private American launch company to dock with ISS. President Regan predicted this day would come. And hopefully, we will manifest a New Mexico experiment on ISS.

President Regan, and all succeeding Presidents, supported the public private partnership for the future of space faring nations. The free world will work in space together. We are still on course. The importance of maturity is that we learn as we age. Visionaries who are builders and partners look to benefit mankind. They understand it takes partners and peace to build. We can't grow and take giant leaps in knowledge if we are at war.

The International Space Station (ISS) was a post cold war science and engineering super project. It was a political decision. It was made, in part, to keep the Russian scientists occupied on something as prestigious as being the major builder, along with the United States, in a project of stunning magnitude. Big enough even for the Russians to agree, cooperating was better than competing with the winners of the cold war. How did we beat the Russians? Not militarily, we beat them with capitalism. The consumer beat the Kremlin. And here is where we, the American public, the mighty consumer have a role to play, we have great power.
Did anyone notice how quickly Congress leapt into action after the FAA Air Traffic Controller furloughs started on Monday. The agency says it can shave off $200 million through the furloughs of 47,000 employees, including about 13,000 air-traffic controllers, and that it has few other places where savings can be achieved. The American consumer, the taxpayers, got furious with Congress and it took five working days to fix the problem with the air traffic controller furloughs.

I'd like the consumer - doing business as the American taxpayer, to look at building our nation through positive action. The ISS will create giant leaps in human knowledge. In 2005, Congress designated the U.S. portion of the ISS as a national laboratory. It is finally becoming possible for our students and faculty to use this laboratory facility called the Center for Science in Space - CASIS. We will take the first steps this week in discussing this option with the Las Cruces Public School leadership. Keep looking up.

Watch ISS live at http://spacestationlive.nasa.gov/

Soon we may be able to get student experiments manifest onto station through the CASIS lab. In October, William Gerstenmeir, Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations , the CASIS lab director, Jim Royston, and even the President of SpaceX, Gwynne Shotwell will be coming to Las Cruces to talk about this facility. It is the beginning for taxpayers to participate in a great leap for human knowledge, started in 1984.

In his State of the Union address, President Regan stated, "A space station will permit quantum leaps in our research in science, communications...NASA will invite other countries to participate so we can strengthen peace, build prosperity, and expand freedom for all who share our goals. The market for space transportation could surpass our capacity to develop it. Companies interested in putting payloads into space must have ready access to private sector launch services.We'll soon implement a number of executive initiatives, develop proposals to ease regulatory constraints, and, with NASA's help, promote private sector investment in space."
The Shuttle and the Russian Soyuz, both government developed and operated launch vehicles, ferried the construction materials and "construction worker" astronauts to space to build the ISS. In 2012, with significant private investment after nearly a billion dollar NASA investment, the privately built Falcon 9 docked its Dragon capsule with the ISS. SpaceX is the first private American launch company to dock with ISS. President Regan predicted this day would come. And hopefully, we will manifest a New Mexico experiment on ISS.

President Regan, and all succeeding Presidents, supported the public private partnership for the future of space faring nations. The free world will work in space together. We are still on course. The importance of maturity is that we learn as we age. Visionaries who are builders and partners look to benefit mankind. They understand it takes partners and peace to build. We can't grow and take giant leaps in knowledge if we are at war.

The International Space Station (ISS) was a post cold war science and engineering super project. It was a political decision. It was made, in part, to keep the Russian scientists occupied on something as prestigious as being the major builder, along with the United States, in a project of stunning magnitude. Big enough even for the Russians to agree, cooperating was better than competing with the winners of the cold war. How did we beat the Russians? Not militarily, we beat them with capitalism. The consumer beat the Kremlin. And here is where we, the American public, the mighty consumer have a role to play, we have great power.
Did anyone notice how quickly Congress leapt into action after the FAA Air Traffic Controller furloughs started on Monday. The agency says it can shave off $200 million through the furloughs of 47,000 employees, including about 13,000 air-traffic controllers, and that it has few other places where savings can be achieved. The American consumer, the taxpayers, got furious with Congress and it took five working days to fix the problem with the air traffic controller furloughs.

I'd like the consumer - doing business as the American taxpayer, to look at building our nation through positive action. The ISS will create giant leaps in human knowledge. In 2005, Congress designated the U.S. portion of the ISS as a national laboratory. It is finally becoming possible for our students and faculty to use this laboratory facility called the Center for Science in Space - CASIS. We will take the first steps this week in discussing this option with the Las Cruces Public School leadership. Keep looking up.

Watch ISS live at http://spacestationlive.nasa.gov/

Soon we may be able to get student experiments manifest onto station through the CASIS lab. In October, William Gerstenmeir, Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations , the CASIS lab director, Jim Royston, and even the President of SpaceX, Gwynne Shotwell will be coming to Las Cruces to talk about this facility. It is the beginning for taxpayers to participate in a great leap for human knowledge, started in 1984.

In his State of the Union address, President Regan stated, "A space station will permit quantum leaps in our research in science, communications...NASA will invite other countries to participate so we can strengthen peace, build prosperity, and expand freedom for all who share our goals. The market for space transportation could surpass our capacity to develop it. Companies interested in putting payloads into space must have ready access to private sector launch services.We'll soon implement a number of executive initiatives, develop proposals to ease regulatory constraints, and, with NASA's help, promote private sector investment in space."
The Shuttle and the Russian Soyuz, both government developed and operated launch vehicles, ferried the construction materials and "construction worker" astronauts to space to build the ISS. In 2012, with significant private investment after nearly a billion dollar NASA investment, the privately built Falcon 9 docked its Dragon capsule with the ISS. SpaceX is the first private American launch company to dock with ISS. President Regan predicted this day would come. And hopefully, we will manifest a New Mexico experiment on ISS.

President Regan, and all succeeding Presidents, supported the public private partnership for the future of space faring nations. The free world will work in space together. We are still on course. The importance of maturity is that we learn as we age. Visionaries who are builders and partners look to benefit mankind. They understand it takes partners and peace to build. We can't grow and take giant leaps in knowledge if we are at war.

The International Space Station (ISS) was a post cold war science and engineering super project. It was a political decision. It was made, in part, to keep the Russian scientists occupied on something as prestigious as being the major builder, along with the United States, in a project of stunning magnitude. Big enough even for the Russians to agree, cooperating was better than competing with the winners of the cold war. How did we beat the Russians? Not militarily, we beat them with capitalism. The consumer beat the Kremlin. And here is where we, the American public, the mighty consumer have a role to play, we have great power.
Did anyone notice how quickly Congress leapt into action after the FAA Air Traffic Controller furloughs started on Monday. The agency says it can shave off $200 million through the furloughs of 47,000 employees, including about 13,000 air-traffic controllers, and that it has few other places where savings can be achieved. The American consumer, the taxpayers, got furious with Congress and it took five working days to fix the problem with the air traffic controller furloughs.

I'd like the consumer - doing business as the American taxpayer, to look at building our nation through positive action. The ISS will create giant leaps in human knowledge. In 2005, Congress designated the U.S. portion of the ISS as a national laboratory. It is finally becoming possible for our students and faculty to use this laboratory facility called the Center for Science in Space - CASIS. We will take the first steps this week in discussing this option with the Las Cruces Public School leadership. Keep looking up.

Watch ISS live at http://spacestationlive.nasa.gov/

Soon we may be able to get student experiments manifest onto station through the CASIS lab. In October, William Gerstenmeir, Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations , the CASIS lab director, Jim Royston, and even the President of SpaceX, Gwynne Shotwell will be coming to Las Cruces to talk about this facility. It is the beginning for taxpayers to participate in a great leap for human knowledge, started in 1984.

In his State of the Union address, President Regan stated, "A space station will permit quantum leaps in our research in science, communications...NASA will invite other countries to participate so we can strengthen peace, build prosperity, and expand freedom for all who share our goals. The market for space transportation could surpass our capacity to develop it. Companies interested in putting payloads into space must have ready access to private sector launch services.We'll soon implement a number of executive initiatives, develop proposals to ease regulatory constraints, and, with NASA's help, promote private sector investment in space."
The Shuttle and the Russian Soyuz, both government developed and operated launch vehicles, ferried the construction materials and "construction worker" astronauts to space to build the ISS. In 2012, with significant private investment after nearly a billion dollar NASA investment, the privately built Falcon 9 docked its Dragon capsule with the ISS. SpaceX is the first private American launch company to dock with ISS. President Regan predicted this day would come. And hopefully, we will manifest a New Mexico experiment on ISS.

President Regan, and all succeeding Presidents, supported the public private partnership for the future of space faring nations. The free world will work in space together. We are still on course. The importance of maturity is that we learn as we age. Visionaries who are builders and partners look to benefit mankind. They understand it takes partners and peace to build. We can't grow and take giant leaps in knowledge if we are at war.

The International Space Station (ISS) was a post cold war science and engineering super project. It was a political decision. It was made, in part, to keep the Russian scientists occupied on something as prestigious as being the major builder, along with the United States, in a project of stunning magnitude. Big enough even for the Russians to agree, cooperating was better than competing with the winners of the cold war. How did we beat the Russians? Not militarily, we beat them with capitalism. The consumer beat the Kremlin. And here is where we, the American public, the mighty consumer have a role to play, we have great power.
Did anyone notice how quickly Congress leapt into action after the FAA Air Traffic Controller furloughs started on Monday. The agency says it can shave off $200 million through the furloughs of 47,000 employees, including about 13,000 air-traffic controllers, and that it has few other places where savings can be achieved. The American consumer, the taxpayers, got furious with Congress and it took five working days to fix the problem with the air traffic controller furloughs.

I'd like the consumer - doing business as the American taxpayer, to look at building our nation through positive action. The ISS will create giant leaps in human knowledge. In 2005, Congress designated the U.S. portion of the ISS as a national laboratory. It is finally becoming possible for our students and faculty to use this laboratory facility called the Center for Science in Space - CASIS. We will take the first steps this week in discussing this option with the Las Cruces Public School leadership. Keep looking up.

Watch ISS live at http://spacestationlive.nasa.gov/

Soon we may be able to get student experiments manifest onto station through the CASIS lab. In October, William Gerstenmeir, Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations , the CASIS lab director, Jim Royston, and even the President of SpaceX, Gwynne Shotwell will be coming to Las Cruces to talk about this facility. It is the beginning for taxpayers to participate in a great leap for human knowledge, started in 1984.

In his State of the Union address, President Regan stated, "A space station will permit quantum leaps in our research in science, communications...NASA will invite other countries to participate so we can strengthen peace, build prosperity, and expand freedom for all who share our goals. The market for space transportation could surpass our capacity to develop it. Companies interested in putting payloads into space must have ready access to private sector launch services.We'll soon implement a number of executive initiatives, develop proposals to ease regulatory constraints, and, with NASA's help, promote private sector investment in space."
The Shuttle and the Russian Soyuz, both government developed and operated launch vehicles, ferried the construction materials and "construction worker" astronauts to space to build the ISS. In 2012, with significant private investment after nearly a billion dollar NASA investment, the privately built Falcon 9 docked its Dragon capsule with the ISS. SpaceX is the first private American launch company to dock with ISS. President Regan predicted this day would come. And hopefully, we will manifest a New Mexico experiment on ISS.

President Regan, and all succeeding Presidents, supported the public private partnership for the future of space faring nations. The free world will work in space together. We are still on course. The importance of maturity is that we learn as we age. Visionaries who are builders and partners look to benefit mankind. They understand it takes partners and peace to build. We can't grow and take giant leaps in knowledge if we are at war.

The International Space Station (ISS) was a post cold war science and engineering super project. It was a political decision. It was made, in part, to keep the Russian scientists occupied on something as prestigious as being the major builder, along with the United States, in a project of stunning magnitude. Big enough even for the Russians to agree, cooperating was better than competing with the winners of the cold war. How did we beat the Russians? Not militarily, we beat them with capitalism. The consumer beat the Kremlin. And here is where we, the American public, the mighty consumer have a role to play, we have great power.
Did anyone notice how quickly Congress leapt into action after the FAA Air Traffic Controller furloughs started on Monday. The agency says it can shave off $200 million through the furloughs of 47,000 employees, including about 13,000 air-traffic controllers, and that it has few other places where savings can be achieved. The American consumer, the taxpayers, got furious with Congress and it took five working days to fix the problem with the air traffic controller furloughs.

I'd like the consumer - doing business as the American taxpayer, to look at building our nation through positive action. The ISS will create giant leaps in human knowledge. In 2005, Congress designated the U.S. portion of the ISS as a national laboratory. It is finally becoming possible for our students and faculty to use this laboratory facility called the Center for Science in Space - CASIS. We will take the first steps this week in discussing this option with the Las Cruces Public School leadership. Keep looking up.

Watch ISS live at http://spacestationlive.nasa.gov/

Soon we may be able to get student experiments manifest onto station through the CASIS lab. In October, William Gerstenmeir, Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations , the CASIS lab director, Jim Royston, and even the President of SpaceX, Gwynne Shotwell will be coming to Las Cruces to talk about this facility. It is the beginning for taxpayers to participate in a great leap for human knowledge, started in 1984.

In his State of the Union address, President Regan stated, "A space station will permit quantum leaps in our research in science, communications...NASA will invite other countries to participate so we can strengthen peace, build prosperity, and expand freedom for all who share our goals. The market for space transportation could surpass our capacity to develop it. Companies interested in putting payloads into space must have ready access to private sector launch services.We'll soon implement a number of executive initiatives, develop proposals to ease regulatory constraints, and, with NASA's help, promote private sector investment in space."
The Shuttle and the Russian Soyuz, both government developed and operated launch vehicles, ferried the construction materials and "construction worker" astronauts to space to build the ISS. In 2012, with significant private investment after nearly a billion dollar NASA investment, the privately built Falcon 9 docked its Dragon capsule with the ISS. SpaceX is the first private American launch company to dock with ISS. President Regan predicted this day would come. And hopefully, we will manifest a New Mexico experiment on ISS.

President Regan, and all succeeding Presidents, supported the public private partnership for the future of space faring nations. The free world will work in space together. We are still on course. The importance of maturity is that we learn as we age. Visionaries who are builders and partners look to benefit mankind. They understand it takes partners and peace to build. We can't grow and take giant leaps in knowledge if we are at war.

The International Space Station (ISS) was a post cold war science and engineering super project. It was a political decision. It was made, in part, to keep the Russian scientists occupied on something as prestigious as being the major builder, along with the United States, in a project of stunning magnitude. Big enough even for the Russians to agree, cooperating was better than competing with the winners of the cold war. How did we beat the Russians? Not militarily, we beat them with capitalism. The consumer beat the Kremlin. And here is where we, the American public, the mighty consumer have a role to play, we have great power.
Did anyone notice how quickly Congress leapt into action after the FAA Air Traffic Controller furloughs started on Monday. The agency says it can shave off $200 million through the furloughs of 47,000 employees, including about 13,000 air-traffic controllers, and that it has few other places where savings can be achieved. The American consumer, the taxpayers, got furious with Congress and it took five working days to fix the problem with the air traffic controller furloughs.

I'd like the consumer - doing business as the American taxpayer, to look at building our nation through positive action. The ISS will create giant leaps in human knowledge. In 2005, Congress designated the U.S. portion of the ISS as a national laboratory. It is finally becoming possible for our students and faculty to use this laboratory facility called the Center for Science in Space - CASIS. We will take the first steps this week in discussing this option with the Las Cruces Public School leadership. Keep looking up.

Watch ISS live at http://spacestationlive.nasa.gov/

As further implementation of the sequester grinds out, the Office of Management and Budget sent directives to the Federal Agencies, including NASA, regarding travel and attendance policies at conferences. It is not what the OMB says, it is how they say it. Last week, I got a 21 page memo describing travel and conference policy. The words disallowed and must are used more frequently than in a divorce decree - I've got one of those too. Nothing has changed. We still have the big problem: no federal budget. We can do better. The country is just barely working its way out of a recession.

The President submitted his budget this week and Speaker of the House Boehner issued the Republican response. Speaker Boehner's tone was pretty flat, not much emotion until his last statement. "I am not going to kick the can down the road anymore". Then came the other 10% - body language. He abruptly turned around and walked off the stage. Conversation over. No negotiations. I'll probably get a 42 page memo this week.

Notes From the Field: This is a new part of my column. Periodically I will report to you on my travel experiences as the government implements their new communications strategy. This strategy on the face makes some sense. If it is possible and appropriate, government officials will offer video presentations instead of in person appearances. Sort of like the Grammy's, we watch and Tweet if we like a song or a presentation.

Last week I attended the National Space Symposium (NSS) in Colorado Springs. This is a meeting with a Department of Defense focus. Milspace or military space is a big part of the agenda at this conference. As you may know, the Air Force Academy and Peterson Air Force base are close to Colorado Springs. Peterson Air Force base houses the 21st Space Wing, the Air Force Space Command, the US Space Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). Our sovereign space agency partners from the Canadian, Japanese, European and Korean Space Agencies were in attendance. Absolutely no NASA people were permitted to attend, as this conference was singled out as a disallowed conference. The Chinese have no such travel restrictions and they were in attendance. As this was a local conference for the Air Force attendance was permitted for Flag officers and cadets from the Academy.

Innovations are in part, a response to a need or a want. Video conferencing has been around since the 60's. I have watched some well scripted video conferences. But I have never seen anything like I saw this week in Colorado. I attended the Hosted Payloads Alliance meeting as part of the NSS. This is an association helping to decrease costs to our government to send satellites to space by using commercial launch vehicles.

Since no travel was permitted, off site government speakers and attendees were allowed to use NASA headquarters and Air Force two-way video conference facilities. About 100 attendees were in a conference room at the Broadmoor with 2 large speakers in the room, and 3 screens. The Broadmoor Hotel and Conference Center facilities are world-class. The AV team does this conference is the same team I bring to Las Cruces to do the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS). They are very good. I sat down and prepared for a day of interactive two-way video conferencing.

The spirit was willing but the technology was weak. Audio delays made listening difficult, signal distortion was constant. Every time someone spoke off site, there was a loud hum in Colorado. Camera's cut off a presenter's head so for an hour we watched a headless body with gesturing arms give a presentation. Goofy barely describes the experience.

In closing, I will suggest in this mandated world of video conferencing, under the category of "how you say it" make sure the head is attached and the tone is not distorted. I believe speaker preparation will take care of the "what".

As further implementation of the sequester grinds out, the Office of Management and Budget sent directives to the Federal Agencies, including NASA, regarding travel and attendance policies at conferences. It is not what the OMB says, it is how they say it. Last week, I got a 21 page memo describing travel and conference policy. The words disallowed and must are used more frequently than in a divorce decree - I've got one of those too. Nothing has changed. We still have the big problem: no federal budget. We can do better. The country is just barely working its way out of a recession.

The President submitted his budget this week and Speaker of the House Boehner issued the Republican response. Speaker Boehner's tone was pretty flat, not much emotion until his last statement. "I am not going to kick the can down the road anymore". Then came the other 10% - body language. He abruptly turned around and walked off the stage. Conversation over. No negotiations. I'll probably get a 42 page memo this week.

Notes From the Field: This is a new part of my column. Periodically I will report to you on my travel experiences as the government implements their new communications strategy. This strategy on the face makes some sense. If it is possible and appropriate, government officials will offer video presentations instead of in person appearances. Sort of like the Grammy's, we watch and Tweet if we like a song or a presentation.

Last week I attended the National Space Symposium (NSS) in Colorado Springs. This is a meeting with a Department of Defense focus. Milspace or military space is a big part of the agenda at this conference. As you may know, the Air Force Academy and Peterson Air Force base are close to Colorado Springs. Peterson Air Force base houses the 21st Space Wing, the Air Force Space Command, the US Space Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). Our sovereign space agency partners from the Canadian, Japanese, European and Korean Space Agencies were in attendance. Absolutely no NASA people were permitted to attend, as this conference was singled out as a disallowed conference. The Chinese have no such travel restrictions and they were in attendance. As this was a local conference for the Air Force attendance was permitted for Flag officers and cadets from the Academy.

Innovations are in part, a response to a need or a want. Video conferencing has been around since the 60's. I have watched some well scripted video conferences. But I have never seen anything like I saw this week in Colorado. I attended the Hosted Payloads Alliance meeting as part of the NSS. This is an association helping to decrease costs to our government to send satellites to space by using commercial launch vehicles.

Since no travel was permitted, off site government speakers and attendees were allowed to use NASA headquarters and Air Force two-way video conference facilities. About 100 attendees were in a conference room at the Broadmoor with 2 large speakers in the room, and 3 screens. The Broadmoor Hotel and Conference Center facilities are world-class. The AV team does this conference is the same team I bring to Las Cruces to do the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS). They are very good. I sat down and prepared for a day of interactive two-way video conferencing.

The spirit was willing but the technology was weak. Audio delays made listening difficult, signal distortion was constant. Every time someone spoke off site, there was a loud hum in Colorado. Camera's cut off a presenter's head so for an hour we watched a headless body with gesturing arms give a presentation. Goofy barely describes the experience.

In closing, I will suggest in this mandated world of video conferencing, under the category of "how you say it" make sure the head is attached and the tone is not distorted. I believe speaker preparation will take care of the "what".

As further implementation of the sequester grinds out, the Office of Management and Budget sent directives to the Federal Agencies, including NASA, regarding travel and attendance policies at conferences. It is not what the OMB says, it is how they say it. Last week, I got a 21 page memo describing travel and conference policy. The words disallowed and must are used more frequently than in a divorce decree - I've got one of those too. Nothing has changed. We still have the big problem: no federal budget. We can do better. The country is just barely working its way out of a recession.

The President submitted his budget this week and Speaker of the House Boehner issued the Republican response. Speaker Boehner's tone was pretty flat, not much emotion until his last statement. "I am not going to kick the can down the road anymore". Then came the other 10% - body language. He abruptly turned around and walked off the stage. Conversation over. No negotiations. I'll probably get a 42 page memo this week.

Notes From the Field: This is a new part of my column. Periodically I will report to you on my travel experiences as the government implements their new communications strategy. This strategy on the face makes some sense. If it is possible and appropriate, government officials will offer video presentations instead of in person appearances. Sort of like the Grammy's, we watch and Tweet if we like a song or a presentation.

Last week I attended the National Space Symposium (NSS) in Colorado Springs. This is a meeting with a Department of Defense focus. Milspace or military space is a big part of the agenda at this conference. As you may know, the Air Force Academy and Peterson Air Force base are close to Colorado Springs. Peterson Air Force base houses the 21st Space Wing, the Air Force Space Command, the US Space Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). Our sovereign space agency partners from the Canadian, Japanese, European and Korean Space Agencies were in attendance. Absolutely no NASA people were permitted to attend, as this conference was singled out as a disallowed conference. The Chinese have no such travel restrictions and they were in attendance. As this was a local conference for the Air Force attendance was permitted for Flag officers and cadets from the Academy.

Innovations are in part, a response to a need or a want. Video conferencing has been around since the 60's. I have watched some well scripted video conferences. But I have never seen anything like I saw this week in Colorado. I attended the Hosted Payloads Alliance meeting as part of the NSS. This is an association helping to decrease costs to our government to send satellites to space by using commercial launch vehicles.

Since no travel was permitted, off site government speakers and attendees were allowed to use NASA headquarters and Air Force two-way video conference facilities. About 100 attendees were in a conference room at the Broadmoor with 2 large speakers in the room, and 3 screens. The Broadmoor Hotel and Conference Center facilities are world-class. The AV team does this conference is the same team I bring to Las Cruces to do the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS). They are very good. I sat down and prepared for a day of interactive two-way video conferencing.

The spirit was willing but the technology was weak. Audio delays made listening difficult, signal distortion was constant. Every time someone spoke off site, there was a loud hum in Colorado. Camera's cut off a presenter's head so for an hour we watched a headless body with gesturing arms give a presentation. Goofy barely describes the experience.

In closing, I will suggest in this mandated world of video conferencing, under the category of "how you say it" make sure the head is attached and the tone is not distorted. I believe speaker preparation will take care of the "what".

As further implementation of the sequester grinds out, the Office of Management and Budget sent directives to the Federal Agencies, including NASA, regarding travel and attendance policies at conferences. It is not what the OMB says, it is how they say it. Last week, I got a 21 page memo describing travel and conference policy. The words disallowed and must are used more frequently than in a divorce decree - I've got one of those too. Nothing has changed. We still have the big problem: no federal budget. We can do better. The country is just barely working its way out of a recession.

The President submitted his budget this week and Speaker of the House Boehner issued the Republican response. Speaker Boehner's tone was pretty flat, not much emotion until his last statement. "I am not going to kick the can down the road anymore". Then came the other 10% - body language. He abruptly turned around and walked off the stage. Conversation over. No negotiations. I'll probably get a 42 page memo this week.

Notes From the Field: This is a new part of my column. Periodically I will report to you on my travel experiences as the government implements their new communications strategy. This strategy on the face makes some sense. If it is possible and appropriate, government officials will offer video presentations instead of in person appearances. Sort of like the Grammy's, we watch and Tweet if we like a song or a presentation.

Last week I attended the National Space Symposium (NSS) in Colorado Springs. This is a meeting with a Department of Defense focus. Milspace or military space is a big part of the agenda at this conference. As you may know, the Air Force Academy and Peterson Air Force base are close to Colorado Springs. Peterson Air Force base houses the 21st Space Wing, the Air Force Space Command, the US Space Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). Our sovereign space agency partners from the Canadian, Japanese, European and Korean Space Agencies were in attendance. Absolutely no NASA people were permitted to attend, as this conference was singled out as a disallowed conference. The Chinese have no such travel restrictions and they were in attendance. As this was a local conference for the Air Force attendance was permitted for Flag officers and cadets from the Academy.

Innovations are in part, a response to a need or a want. Video conferencing has been around since the 60's. I have watched some well scripted video conferences. But I have never seen anything like I saw this week in Colorado. I attended the Hosted Payloads Alliance meeting as part of the NSS. This is an association helping to decrease costs to our government to send satellites to space by using commercial launch vehicles.

Since no travel was permitted, off site government speakers and attendees were allowed to use NASA headquarters and Air Force two-way video conference facilities. About 100 attendees were in a conference room at the Broadmoor with 2 large speakers in the room, and 3 screens. The Broadmoor Hotel and Conference Center facilities are world-class. The AV team does this conference is the same team I bring to Las Cruces to do the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS). They are very good. I sat down and prepared for a day of interactive two-way video conferencing.

The spirit was willing but the technology was weak. Audio delays made listening difficult, signal distortion was constant. Every time someone spoke off site, there was a loud hum in Colorado. Camera's cut off a presenter's head so for an hour we watched a headless body with gesturing arms give a presentation. Goofy barely describes the experience.

In closing, I will suggest in this mandated world of video conferencing, under the category of "how you say it" make sure the head is attached and the tone is not distorted. I believe speaker preparation will take care of the "what".

As further implementation of the sequester grinds out, the Office of Management and Budget sent directives to the Federal Agencies, including NASA, regarding travel and attendance policies at conferences. It is not what the OMB says, it is how they say it. Last week, I got a 21 page memo describing travel and conference policy. The words disallowed and must are used more frequently than in a divorce decree - I've got one of those too. Nothing has changed. We still have the big problem: no federal budget. We can do better. The country is just barely working its way out of a recession.

The President submitted his budget this week and Speaker of the House Boehner issued the Republican response. Speaker Boehner's tone was pretty flat, not much emotion until his last statement. "I am not going to kick the can down the road anymore". Then came the other 10% - body language. He abruptly turned around and walked off the stage. Conversation over. No negotiations. I'll probably get a 42 page memo this week.

Notes From the Field: This is a new part of my column. Periodically I will report to you on my travel experiences as the government implements their new communications strategy. This strategy on the face makes some sense. If it is possible and appropriate, government officials will offer video presentations instead of in person appearances. Sort of like the Grammy's, we watch and Tweet if we like a song or a presentation.

Last week I attended the National Space Symposium (NSS) in Colorado Springs. This is a meeting with a Department of Defense focus. Milspace or military space is a big part of the agenda at this conference. As you may know, the Air Force Academy and Peterson Air Force base are close to Colorado Springs. Peterson Air Force base houses the 21st Space Wing, the Air Force Space Command, the US Space Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). Our sovereign space agency partners from the Canadian, Japanese, European and Korean Space Agencies were in attendance. Absolutely no NASA people were permitted to attend, as this conference was singled out as a disallowed conference. The Chinese have no such travel restrictions and they were in attendance. As this was a local conference for the Air Force attendance was permitted for Flag officers and cadets from the Academy.

Innovations are in part, a response to a need or a want. Video conferencing has been around since the 60's. I have watched some well scripted video conferences. But I have never seen anything like I saw this week in Colorado. I attended the Hosted Payloads Alliance meeting as part of the NSS. This is an association helping to decrease costs to our government to send satellites to space by using commercial launch vehicles.

Since no travel was permitted, off site government speakers and attendees were allowed to use NASA headquarters and Air Force two-way video conference facilities. About 100 attendees were in a conference room at the Broadmoor with 2 large speakers in the room, and 3 screens. The Broadmoor Hotel and Conference Center facilities are world-class. The AV team does this conference is the same team I bring to Las Cruces to do the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS). They are very good. I sat down and prepared for a day of interactive two-way video conferencing.

The spirit was willing but the technology was weak. Audio delays made listening difficult, signal distortion was constant. Every time someone spoke off site, there was a loud hum in Colorado. Camera's cut off a presenter's head so for an hour we watched a headless body with gesturing arms give a presentation. Goofy barely describes the experience.

In closing, I will suggest in this mandated world of video conferencing, under the category of "how you say it" make sure the head is attached and the tone is not distorted. I believe speaker preparation will take care of the "what".

As further implementation of the sequester grinds out, the Office of Management and Budget sent directives to the Federal Agencies, including NASA, regarding travel and attendance policies at conferences. It is not what the OMB says, it is how they say it. Last week, I got a 21 page memo describing travel and conference policy. The words disallowed and must are used more frequently than in a divorce decree - I've got one of those too. Nothing has changed. We still have the big problem: no federal budget. We can do better. The country is just barely working its way out of a recession.

The President submitted his budget this week and Speaker of the House Boehner issued the Republican response. Speaker Boehner's tone was pretty flat, not much emotion until his last statement. "I am not going to kick the can down the road anymore". Then came the other 10% - body language. He abruptly turned around and walked off the stage. Conversation over. No negotiations. I'll probably get a 42 page memo this week.

Notes From the Field: This is a new part of my column. Periodically I will report to you on my travel experiences as the government implements their new communications strategy. This strategy on the face makes some sense. If it is possible and appropriate, government officials will offer video presentations instead of in person appearances. Sort of like the Grammy's, we watch and Tweet if we like a song or a presentation.

Last week I attended the National Space Symposium (NSS) in Colorado Springs. This is a meeting with a Department of Defense focus. Milspace or military space is a big part of the agenda at this conference. As you may know, the Air Force Academy and Peterson Air Force base are close to Colorado Springs. Peterson Air Force base houses the 21st Space Wing, the Air Force Space Command, the US Space Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). Our sovereign space agency partners from the Canadian, Japanese, European and Korean Space Agencies were in attendance. Absolutely no NASA people were permitted to attend, as this conference was singled out as a disallowed conference. The Chinese have no such travel restrictions and they were in attendance. As this was a local conference for the Air Force attendance was permitted for Flag officers and cadets from the Academy.

Innovations are in part, a response to a need or a want. Video conferencing has been around since the 60's. I have watched some well scripted video conferences. But I have never seen anything like I saw this week in Colorado. I attended the Hosted Payloads Alliance meeting as part of the NSS. This is an association helping to decrease costs to our government to send satellites to space by using commercial launch vehicles.

Since no travel was permitted, off site government speakers and attendees were allowed to use NASA headquarters and Air Force two-way video conference facilities. About 100 attendees were in a conference room at the Broadmoor with 2 large speakers in the room, and 3 screens. The Broadmoor Hotel and Conference Center facilities are world-class. The AV team does this conference is the same team I bring to Las Cruces to do the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS). They are very good. I sat down and prepared for a day of interactive two-way video conferencing.

The spirit was willing but the technology was weak. Audio delays made listening difficult, signal distortion was constant. Every time someone spoke off site, there was a loud hum in Colorado. Camera's cut off a presenter's head so for an hour we watched a headless body with gesturing arms give a presentation. Goofy barely describes the experience.

In closing, I will suggest in this mandated world of video conferencing, under the category of "how you say it" make sure the head is attached and the tone is not distorted. I believe speaker preparation will take care of the "what".

As further implementation of the sequester grinds out, the Office of Management and Budget sent directives to the Federal Agencies, including NASA, regarding travel and attendance policies at conferences. It is not what the OMB says, it is how they say it. Last week, I got a 21 page memo describing travel and conference policy. The words disallowed and must are used more frequently than in a divorce decree - I've got one of those too. Nothing has changed. We still have the big problem: no federal budget. We can do better. The country is just barely working its way out of a recession.

The President submitted his budget this week and Speaker of the House Boehner issued the Republican response. Speaker Boehner's tone was pretty flat, not much emotion until his last statement. "I am not going to kick the can down the road anymore". Then came the other 10% - body language. He abruptly turned around and walked off the stage. Conversation over. No negotiations. I'll probably get a 42 page memo this week.

Notes From the Field: This is a new part of my column. Periodically I will report to you on my travel experiences as the government implements their new communications strategy. This strategy on the face makes some sense. If it is possible and appropriate, government officials will offer video presentations instead of in person appearances. Sort of like the Grammy's, we watch and Tweet if we like a song or a presentation.

Last week I attended the National Space Symposium (NSS) in Colorado Springs. This is a meeting with a Department of Defense focus. Milspace or military space is a big part of the agenda at this conference. As you may know, the Air Force Academy and Peterson Air Force base are close to Colorado Springs. Peterson Air Force base houses the 21st Space Wing, the Air Force Space Command, the US Space Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). Our sovereign space agency partners from the Canadian, Japanese, European and Korean Space Agencies were in attendance. Absolutely no NASA people were permitted to attend, as this conference was singled out as a disallowed conference. The Chinese have no such travel restrictions and they were in attendance. As this was a local conference for the Air Force attendance was permitted for Flag officers and cadets from the Academy.

Innovations are in part, a response to a need or a want. Video conferencing has been around since the 60's. I have watched some well scripted video conferences. But I have never seen anything like I saw this week in Colorado. I attended the Hosted Payloads Alliance meeting as part of the NSS. This is an association helping to decrease costs to our government to send satellites to space by using commercial launch vehicles.

Since no travel was permitted, off site government speakers and attendees were allowed to use NASA headquarters and Air Force two-way video conference facilities. About 100 attendees were in a conference room at the Broadmoor with 2 large speakers in the room, and 3 screens. The Broadmoor Hotel and Conference Center facilities are world-class. The AV team does this conference is the same team I bring to Las Cruces to do the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS). They are very good. I sat down and prepared for a day of interactive two-way video conferencing.

The spirit was willing but the technology was weak. Audio delays made listening difficult, signal distortion was constant. Every time someone spoke off site, there was a loud hum in Colorado. Camera's cut off a presenter's head so for an hour we watched a headless body with gesturing arms give a presentation. Goofy barely describes the experience.

In closing, I will suggest in this mandated world of video conferencing, under the category of "how you say it" make sure the head is attached and the tone is not distorted. I believe speaker preparation will take care of the "what".

As further implementation of the sequester grinds out, the Office of Management and Budget sent directives to the Federal Agencies, including NASA, regarding travel and attendance policies at conferences. It is not what the OMB says, it is how they say it. Last week, I got a 21 page memo describing travel and conference policy. The words disallowed and must are used more frequently than in a divorce decree - I've got one of those too. Nothing has changed. We still have the big problem: no federal budget. We can do better. The country is just barely working its way out of a recession.

The President submitted his budget this week and Speaker of the House Boehner issued the Republican response. Speaker Boehner's tone was pretty flat, not much emotion until his last statement. "I am not going to kick the can down the road anymore". Then came the other 10% - body language. He abruptly turned around and walked off the stage. Conversation over. No negotiations. I'll probably get a 42 page memo this week.

Notes From the Field: This is a new part of my column. Periodically I will report to you on my travel experiences as the government implements their new communications strategy. This strategy on the face makes some sense. If it is possible and appropriate, government officials will offer video presentations instead of in person appearances. Sort of like the Grammy's, we watch and Tweet if we like a song or a presentation.

Last week I attended the National Space Symposium (NSS) in Colorado Springs. This is a meeting with a Department of Defense focus. Milspace or military space is a big part of the agenda at this conference. As you may know, the Air Force Academy and Peterson Air Force base are close to Colorado Springs. Peterson Air Force base houses the 21st Space Wing, the Air Force Space Command, the US Space Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). Our sovereign space agency partners from the Canadian, Japanese, European and Korean Space Agencies were in attendance. Absolutely no NASA people were permitted to attend, as this conference was singled out as a disallowed conference. The Chinese have no such travel restrictions and they were in attendance. As this was a local conference for the Air Force attendance was permitted for Flag officers and cadets from the Academy.

Innovations are in part, a response to a need or a want. Video conferencing has been around since the 60's. I have watched some well scripted video conferences. But I have never seen anything like I saw this week in Colorado. I attended the Hosted Payloads Alliance meeting as part of the NSS. This is an association helping to decrease costs to our government to send satellites to space by using commercial launch vehicles.

Since no travel was permitted, off site government speakers and attendees were allowed to use NASA headquarters and Air Force two-way video conference facilities. About 100 attendees were in a conference room at the Broadmoor with 2 large speakers in the room, and 3 screens. The Broadmoor Hotel and Conference Center facilities are world-class. The AV team does this conference is the same team I bring to Las Cruces to do the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS). They are very good. I sat down and prepared for a day of interactive two-way video conferencing.

The spirit was willing but the technology was weak. Audio delays made listening difficult, signal distortion was constant. Every time someone spoke off site, there was a loud hum in Colorado. Camera's cut off a presenter's head so for an hour we watched a headless body with gesturing arms give a presentation. Goofy barely describes the experience.

In closing, I will suggest in this mandated world of video conferencing, under the category of "how you say it" make sure the head is attached and the tone is not distorted. I believe speaker preparation will take care of the "what".

On March 20th, NBC Nightly News' Brian Williams reported, "It is believed, though not confirmed, that mankind has sent an object outside our own solar system for the first time." The next day, USA Today "Science Fair" blog reports "NASA isn't buying" a new study by Bill Webber of New Mexico State University that claimed the Voyager 1 spacecraft has left the solar system. The research data are still inconclusive, but it seems like Voyager, launched in 1977, is still making discoveries and news. New Mexico State was in the news, and this time it is good news.

Reta Beebe was the first astronomer I met when I started the job I have at NMSU. She is really quite famous, back then I thought she was a very serious yet a kind woman. We only talked for ten minutes, but I could tell. She was mission manager for NASA on the Voyager Program. In the 1970's, planetary science was gaining momentum because the ability to launch spacecraft like Voyager was reliable enough for NASA to plan multiple long duration missions. A number of things had to come together before we could begin a space program using interplanetary robotic probes like Voyager.

Think about it, Telstar was launched in 1959. It was the size of a basketball. NASA had only recently been established as a civilian agency. Werner Von Braun was the first agency administrator. He'd had enough of war and convinced the President among others, there was enough science to keep a civilian rocket builder busy. One of NASA's early projects was to launch the Telstar satellite into a low earth orbit from where it sent very faint radio signals back to earth. This was the start of the civilian telecommunications program.

Lots of cutting edge technologies coalesced during this time to allow us to create programs like the Voyager. The transistor replaced the vacuum tube, the maser was able to amplify faint satellite signals, and antennae were able to pick up these very faint signals as early as 1957. But in 1957, no one was thinking of a space program like we have today. The researchers working on signal processing were just breaking ground on better microphones for telephones. In the 1950's, technologies were moving quickly to create better fidelity over longer distances. The planetary probes required advances catalyzed by the telephone industry.

Consumer technologies created first the maser, then the laser which used light to order electrons to focus into a single frequency. The laser like the transistor initially had little value. Its value was to be realized in the future. Back to Reta. New Mexico State University was also at the cutting edge of distance communication during Reta's time. Frank Carden introduced me to Reta. It was Dr. Carden, an electrical engineer, who created the first system allowing video signal to be sent back from the moon. Frank told me he went home to watch TV to really see what his system created. He and Reta were friends. Most scientists need an engineer. And boy did we have a team in those two.

As Women's History Month comes to a close today, I felt it necessary to recognize unique women in our community. Carrie Hamblen always did a study of New Mexico women during Women's History Month on KRWG. I miss that program, and didn't even realize it was gone until mid-way through the month. Reta brought wonderful women into the Department of Astronomy. Amy Simon who now works at Goddard Spaceflight Center was one superior example of Reta's recruitment. Another is Nancy Chanover. Nancy is one of those women who does not have time for small talk. She talks about big ideas. So did Reta. Reta and Nancy often speak in public, as they continuously spread the word about the joys of science as a career. When I hear these women speak there is always a moment that inspires me. Frankly, sometimes only another woman can do that. Women who have achieved great things yet who speak softly - likely it takes the quiet for me to hear.

I found some of Reta's research papers online http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Reta_Beebe/. She was involved in many more planetary programs and NASA missions, including the Cassini mission. Voyager 1 is still teaching us about our solar system. There is a magnetic boundary layer right at the edge of our solar system that Voyager 1 has uncovered. Congratulations to a great New Mexican woman, salute to you and Voyager 1.

On March 20th, NBC Nightly News' Brian Williams reported, "It is believed, though not confirmed, that mankind has sent an object outside our own solar system for the first time." The next day, USA Today "Science Fair" blog reports "NASA isn't buying" a new study by Bill Webber of New Mexico State University that claimed the Voyager 1 spacecraft has left the solar system. The research data are still inconclusive, but it seems like Voyager, launched in 1977, is still making discoveries and news. New Mexico State was in the news, and this time it is good news.

Reta Beebe was the first astronomer I met when I started the job I have at NMSU. She is really quite famous, back then I thought she was a very serious yet a kind woman. We only talked for ten minutes, but I could tell. She was mission manager for NASA on the Voyager Program. In the 1970's, planetary science was gaining momentum because the ability to launch spacecraft like Voyager was reliable enough for NASA to plan multiple long duration missions. A number of things had to come together before we could begin a space program using interplanetary robotic probes like Voyager.

Think about it, Telstar was launched in 1959. It was the size of a basketball. NASA had only recently been established as a civilian agency. Werner Von Braun was the first agency administrator. He'd had enough of war and convinced the President among others, there was enough science to keep a civilian rocket builder busy. One of NASA's early projects was to launch the Telstar satellite into a low earth orbit from where it sent very faint radio signals back to earth. This was the start of the civilian telecommunications program.

Lots of cutting edge technologies coalesced during this time to allow us to create programs like the Voyager. The transistor replaced the vacuum tube, the maser was able to amplify faint satellite signals, and antennae were able to pick up these very faint signals as early as 1957. But in 1957, no one was thinking of a space program like we have today. The researchers working on signal processing were just breaking ground on better microphones for telephones. In the 1950's, technologies were moving quickly to create better fidelity over longer distances. The planetary probes required advances catalyzed by the telephone industry.

Consumer technologies created first the maser, then the laser which used light to order electrons to focus into a single frequency. The laser like the transistor initially had little value. Its value was to be realized in the future. Back to Reta. New Mexico State University was also at the cutting edge of distance communication during Reta's time. Frank Carden introduced me to Reta. It was Dr. Carden, an electrical engineer, who created the first system allowing video signal to be sent back from the moon. Frank told me he went home to watch TV to really see what his system created. He and Reta were friends. Most scientists need an engineer. And boy did we have a team in those two.

As Women's History Month comes to a close today, I felt it necessary to recognize unique women in our community. Carrie Hamblen always did a study of New Mexico women during Women's History Month on KRWG. I miss that program, and didn't even realize it was gone until mid-way through the month. Reta brought wonderful women into the Department of Astronomy. Amy Simon who now works at Goddard Spaceflight Center was one superior example of Reta's recruitment. Another is Nancy Chanover. Nancy is one of those women who does not have time for small talk. She talks about big ideas. So did Reta. Reta and Nancy often speak in public, as they continuously spread the word about the joys of science as a career. When I hear these women speak there is always a moment that inspires me. Frankly, sometimes only another woman can do that. Women who have achieved great things yet who speak softly - likely it takes the quiet for me to hear.

I found some of Reta's research papers online http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Reta_Beebe/. She was involved in many more planetary programs and NASA missions, including the Cassini mission. Voyager 1 is still teaching us about our solar system. There is a magnetic boundary layer right at the edge of our solar system that Voyager 1 has uncovered. Congratulations to a great New Mexican woman, salute to you and Voyager 1.

On March 20th, NBC Nightly News' Brian Williams reported, "It is believed, though not confirmed, that mankind has sent an object outside our own solar system for the first time." The next day, USA Today "Science Fair" blog reports "NASA isn't buying" a new study by Bill Webber of New Mexico State University that claimed the Voyager 1 spacecraft has left the solar system. The research data are still inconclusive, but it seems like Voyager, launched in 1977, is still making discoveries and news. New Mexico State was in the news, and this time it is good news.

Reta Beebe was the first astronomer I met when I started the job I have at NMSU. She is really quite famous, back then I thought she was a very serious yet a kind woman. We only talked for ten minutes, but I could tell. She was mission manager for NASA on the Voyager Program. In the 1970's, planetary science was gaining momentum because the ability to launch spacecraft like Voyager was reliable enough for NASA to plan multiple long duration missions. A number of things had to come together before we could begin a space program using interplanetary robotic probes like Voyager.

Think about it, Telstar was launched in 1959. It was the size of a basketball. NASA had only recently been established as a civilian agency. Werner Von Braun was the first agency administrator. He'd had enough of war and convinced the President among others, there was enough science to keep a civilian rocket builder busy. One of NASA's early projects was to launch the Telstar satellite into a low earth orbit from where it sent very faint radio signals back to earth. This was the start of the civilian telecommunications program.

Lots of cutting edge technologies coalesced during this time to allow us to create programs like the Voyager. The transistor replaced the vacuum tube, the maser was able to amplify faint satellite signals, and antennae were able to pick up these very faint signals as early as 1957. But in 1957, no one was thinking of a space program like we have today. The researchers working on signal processing were just breaking ground on better microphones for telephones. In the 1950's, technologies were moving quickly to create better fidelity over longer distances. The planetary probes required advances catalyzed by the telephone industry.

Consumer technologies created first the maser, then the laser which used light to order electrons to focus into a single frequency. The laser like the transistor initially had little value. Its value was to be realized in the future. Back to Reta. New Mexico State University was also at the cutting edge of distance communication during Reta's time. Frank Carden introduced me to Reta. It was Dr. Carden, an electrical engineer, who created the first system allowing video signal to be sent back from the moon. Frank told me he went home to watch TV to really see what his system created. He and Reta were friends. Most scientists need an engineer. And boy did we have a team in those two.

As Women's History Month comes to a close today, I felt it necessary to recognize unique women in our community. Carrie Hamblen always did a study of New Mexico women during Women's History Month on KRWG. I miss that program, and didn't even realize it was gone until mid-way through the month. Reta brought wonderful women into the Department of Astronomy. Amy Simon who now works at Goddard Spaceflight Center was one superior example of Reta's recruitment. Another is Nancy Chanover. Nancy is one of those women who does not have time for small talk. She talks about big ideas. So did Reta. Reta and Nancy often speak in public, as they continuously spread the word about the joys of science as a career. When I hear these women speak there is always a moment that inspires me. Frankly, sometimes only another woman can do that. Women who have achieved great things yet who speak softly - likely it takes the quiet for me to hear.

I found some of Reta's research papers online http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Reta_Beebe/. She was involved in many more planetary programs and NASA missions, including the Cassini mission. Voyager 1 is still teaching us about our solar system. There is a magnetic boundary layer right at the edge of our solar system that Voyager 1 has uncovered. Congratulations to a great New Mexican woman, salute to you and Voyager 1.

On March 20th, NBC Nightly News' Brian Williams reported, "It is believed, though not confirmed, that mankind has sent an object outside our own solar system for the first time." The next day, USA Today "Science Fair" blog reports "NASA isn't buying" a new study by Bill Webber of New Mexico State University that claimed the Voyager 1 spacecraft has left the solar system. The research data are still inconclusive, but it seems like Voyager, launched in 1977, is still making discoveries and news. New Mexico State was in the news, and this time it is good news.

Reta Beebe was the first astronomer I met when I started the job I have at NMSU. She is really quite famous, back then I thought she was a very serious yet a kind woman. We only talked for ten minutes, but I could tell. She was mission manager for NASA on the Voyager Program. In the 1970's, planetary science was gaining momentum because the ability to launch spacecraft like Voyager was reliable enough for NASA to plan multiple long duration missions. A number of things had to come together before we could begin a space program using interplanetary robotic probes like Voyager.

Think about it, Telstar was launched in 1959. It was the size of a basketball. NASA had only recently been established as a civilian agency. Werner Von Braun was the first agency administrator. He'd had enough of war and convinced the President among others, there was enough science to keep a civilian rocket builder busy. One of NASA's early projects was to launch the Telstar satellite into a low earth orbit from where it sent very faint radio signals back to earth. This was the start of the civilian telecommunications program.

Lots of cutting edge technologies coalesced during this time to allow us to create programs like the Voyager. The transistor replaced the vacuum tube, the maser was able to amplify faint satellite signals, and antennae were able to pick up these very faint signals as early as 1957. But in 1957, no one was thinking of a space program like we have today. The researchers working on signal processing were just breaking ground on better microphones for telephones. In the 1950's, technologies were moving quickly to create better fidelity over longer distances. The planetary probes required advances catalyzed by the telephone industry.

Consumer technologies created first the maser, then the laser which used light to order electrons to focus into a single frequency. The laser like the transistor initially had little value. Its value was to be realized in the future. Back to Reta. New Mexico State University was also at the cutting edge of distance communication during Reta's time. Frank Carden introduced me to Reta. It was Dr. Carden, an electrical engineer, who created the first system allowing video signal to be sent back from the moon. Frank told me he went home to watch TV to really see what his system created. He and Reta were friends. Most scientists need an engineer. And boy did we have a team in those two.

As Women's History Month comes to a close today, I felt it necessary to recognize unique women in our community. Carrie Hamblen always did a study of New Mexico women during Women's History Month on KRWG. I miss that program, and didn't even realize it was gone until mid-way through the month. Reta brought wonderful women into the Department of Astronomy. Amy Simon who now works at Goddard Spaceflight Center was one superior example of Reta's recruitment. Another is Nancy Chanover. Nancy is one of those women who does not have time for small talk. She talks about big ideas. So did Reta. Reta and Nancy often speak in public, as they continuously spread the word about the joys of science as a career. When I hear these women speak there is always a moment that inspires me. Frankly, sometimes only another woman can do that. Women who have achieved great things yet who speak softly - likely it takes the quiet for me to hear.

I found some of Reta's research papers online http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Reta_Beebe/. She was involved in many more planetary programs and NASA missions, including the Cassini mission. Voyager 1 is still teaching us about our solar system. There is a magnetic boundary layer right at the edge of our solar system that Voyager 1 has uncovered. Congratulations to a great New Mexican woman, salute to you and Voyager 1.

On March 20th, NBC Nightly News' Brian Williams reported, "It is believed, though not confirmed, that mankind has sent an object outside our own solar system for the first time." The next day, USA Today "Science Fair" blog reports "NASA isn't buying" a new study by Bill Webber of New Mexico State University that claimed the Voyager 1 spacecraft has left the solar system. The research data are still inconclusive, but it seems like Voyager, launched in 1977, is still making discoveries and news. New Mexico State was in the news, and this time it is good news.

Reta Beebe was the first astronomer I met when I started the job I have at NMSU. She is really quite famous, back then I thought she was a very serious yet a kind woman. We only talked for ten minutes, but I could tell. She was mission manager for NASA on the Voyager Program. In the 1970's, planetary science was gaining momentum because the ability to launch spacecraft like Voyager was reliable enough for NASA to plan multiple long duration missions. A number of things had to come together before we could begin a space program using interplanetary robotic probes like Voyager.

Think about it, Telstar was launched in 1959. It was the size of a basketball. NASA had only recently been established as a civilian agency. Werner Von Braun was the first agency administrator. He'd had enough of war and convinced the President among others, there was enough science to keep a civilian rocket builder busy. One of NASA's early projects was to launch the Telstar satellite into a low earth orbit from where it sent very faint radio signals back to earth. This was the start of the civilian telecommunications program.

Lots of cutting edge technologies coalesced during this time to allow us to create programs like the Voyager. The transistor replaced the vacuum tube, the maser was able to amplify faint satellite signals, and antennae were able to pick up these very faint signals as early as 1957. But in 1957, no one was thinking of a space program like we have today. The researchers working on signal processing were just breaking ground on better microphones for telephones. In the 1950's, technologies were moving quickly to create better fidelity over longer distances. The planetary probes required advances catalyzed by the telephone industry.

Consumer technologies created first the maser, then the laser which used light to order electrons to focus into a single frequency. The laser like the transistor initially had little value. Its value was to be realized in the future. Back to Reta. New Mexico State University was also at the cutting edge of distance communication during Reta's time. Frank Carden introduced me to Reta. It was Dr. Carden, an electrical engineer, who created the first system allowing video signal to be sent back from the moon. Frank told me he went home to watch TV to really see what his system created. He and Reta were friends. Most scientists need an engineer. And boy did we have a team in those two.

As Women's History Month comes to a close today, I felt it necessary to recognize unique women in our community. Carrie Hamblen always did a study of New Mexico women during Women's History Month on KRWG. I miss that program, and didn't even realize it was gone until mid-way through the month. Reta brought wonderful women into the Department of Astronomy. Amy Simon who now works at Goddard Spaceflight Center was one superior example of Reta's recruitment. Another is Nancy Chanover. Nancy is one of those women who does not have time for small talk. She talks about big ideas. So did Reta. Reta and Nancy often speak in public, as they continuously spread the word about the joys of science as a career. When I hear these women speak there is always a moment that inspires me. Frankly, sometimes only another woman can do that. Women who have achieved great things yet who speak softly - likely it takes the quiet for me to hear.

I found some of Reta's research papers online http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Reta_Beebe/. She was involved in many more planetary programs and NASA missions, including the Cassini mission. Voyager 1 is still teaching us about our solar system. There is a magnetic boundary layer right at the edge of our solar system that Voyager 1 has uncovered. Congratulations to a great New Mexican woman, salute to you and Voyager 1.

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 28 days. Post 9.11, it is too dangerous for us to try it again. So now we have sequestration over the same issues. President Obama is refusing, as President Clinton did, to accede to Republican demands for steep cuts in Medicare, Medicaid. Defense spending is now included in sequestration.

In 1994, Newt Gingrich threatened to prevent a vote on increasing the federal government's debt ceiling, which would have forced the U.S. into the unprecedented position of defaulting on its outstanding debt. We already went through that Kabuki dance. We are now, as we did in 1994, operating under continuing resolution bill allowing the government to keep running.

When the White House and Congressional negotiators hammered out an agreement over the budget, we got a seven year balanced budget plan that included modest spending cuts and tax increases. In the long run, most of the cuts in domestic spending including the reform of welfare, did work for the betterment of the country. President Clinton became more centrist. President Obama may think he's got a lock on the American psyche, but not everyone believes holding the economy hostage as the sequestration is doing is great policy. In those days we did not have social media and a lot more eyes on our government. I would not count on the American people holding any one party responsible, as they did in 1994. I believe each Congressional legislator will be watched during this time. We are responsible to stop the impasse.

We heard from General Bingham that employees will be furloughed at WSMR, the same thing is happening in El Paso. William Beaumont Medical Center will be furloughing nurses. It's probably a good thing government employees won't be able to travel to monitor contracts, meet with researchers at the test facilities and universities because the air traffic controllers might be furloughed. This directly impacts our hotels, rental car agencies and restaurants. Yet, we all benefit when our government colleagues visit scientists and engineers at White Sands Missile Range, NASA White Sands Test Facility, New Mexico State University and Holloman Air Force base. Government employees are now being told to conduct their business via video conference.

Grandparents know Skype is a short term technology bridge and no replacement for seeing your grandchildren. Talking to them and hearing for yourselves how everyone is doing makes life more complete. The business of our city, our state and our nation cannot be conducted for long via Skype.

In 1945, Mervin Kelly was promoted to executive vice president of Bell Laboratories, a beautiful new industrial lab. Kelly had designed the new laboratory to be a rich environment, one conducive to collaboration. No one worked with a closed door. Kelly, upon his promotion, reorganize the labs to create interdisciplinary teams. One of the teams was the solid state physics team. Bill Shockley was among its members. Kelly was the man who built the vacuum tube manufacturing facilities at the lab. He knew how difficult, expensive and unreliable a component it was. The vacuum tube was hampering the growth of the phone system. Kelly stopped by Shockley's office after lunch one day and in passing suggested it may be possible to replace vacuum tube switching to all electronic devices. That one chance conversation started Bill Shockley on the theoretical journey that led him to conceive of the conjunction transistor. Shockley went on to win the Nobel Prize.

John Mayo, former Labs president points out, "Bell Lab's substantial innovations account for a large fraction of the jobs in this country and around the world. And they also account for a lot of the social status of the world." If this sequestration goes on too long, the unintended consequences of loss of essential collaboration and discussion, happening across our nation may be far more costly than we can calculate.

A 2008 study titled "Where Do Innovations Come From?" concluded that partnerships among corporations, government laboratories, and federally funded university research has become increasingly essential to the US innovations pipeline...in 2006, for instance, "77 of the 88 U.S. entities that produced significant innovations...(innovation) is more deeply intertwined with government than many of us realize."

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 28 days. Post 9.11, it is too dangerous for us to try it again. So now we have sequestration over the same issues. President Obama is refusing, as President Clinton did, to accede to Republican demands for steep cuts in Medicare, Medicaid. Defense spending is now included in sequestration.

In 1994, Newt Gingrich threatened to prevent a vote on increasing the federal government's debt ceiling, which would have forced the U.S. into the unprecedented position of defaulting on its outstanding debt. We already went through that Kabuki dance. We are now, as we did in 1994, operating under continuing resolution bill allowing the government to keep running.

When the White House and Congressional negotiators hammered out an agreement over the budget, we got a seven year balanced budget plan that included modest spending cuts and tax increases. In the long run, most of the cuts in domestic spending including the reform of welfare, did work for the betterment of the country. President Clinton became more centrist. President Obama may think he's got a lock on the American psyche, but not everyone believes holding the economy hostage as the sequestration is doing is great policy. In those days we did not have social media and a lot more eyes on our government. I would not count on the American people holding any one party responsible, as they did in 1994. I believe each Congressional legislator will be watched during this time. We are responsible to stop the impasse.

We heard from General Bingham that employees will be furloughed at WSMR, the same thing is happening in El Paso. William Beaumont Medical Center will be furloughing nurses. It's probably a good thing government employees won't be able to travel to monitor contracts, meet with researchers at the test facilities and universities because the air traffic controllers might be furloughed. This directly impacts our hotels, rental car agencies and restaurants. Yet, we all benefit when our government colleagues visit scientists and engineers at White Sands Missile Range, NASA White Sands Test Facility, New Mexico State University and Holloman Air Force base. Government employees are now being told to conduct their business via video conference.

Grandparents know Skype is a short term technology bridge and no replacement for seeing your grandchildren. Talking to them and hearing for yourselves how everyone is doing makes life more complete. The business of our city, our state and our nation cannot be conducted for long via Skype.

In 1945, Mervin Kelly was promoted to executive vice president of Bell Laboratories, a beautiful new industrial lab. Kelly had designed the new laboratory to be a rich environment, one conducive to collaboration. No one worked with a closed door. Kelly, upon his promotion, reorganize the labs to create interdisciplinary teams. One of the teams was the solid state physics team. Bill Shockley was among its members. Kelly was the man who built the vacuum tube manufacturing facilities at the lab. He knew how difficult, expensive and unreliable a component it was. The vacuum tube was hampering the growth of the phone system. Kelly stopped by Shockley's office after lunch one day and in passing suggested it may be possible to replace vacuum tube switching to all electronic devices. That one chance conversation started Bill Shockley on the theoretical journey that led him to conceive of the conjunction transistor. Shockley went on to win the Nobel Prize.

John Mayo, former Labs president points out, "Bell Lab's substantial innovations account for a large fraction of the jobs in this country and around the world. And they also account for a lot of the social status of the world." If this sequestration goes on too long, the unintended consequences of loss of essential collaboration and discussion, happening across our nation may be far more costly than we can calculate.

A 2008 study titled "Where Do Innovations Come From?" concluded that partnerships among corporations, government laboratories, and federally funded university research has become increasingly essential to the US innovations pipeline...in 2006, for instance, "77 of the 88 U.S. entities that produced significant innovations...(innovation) is more deeply intertwined with government than many of us realize."

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 28 days. Post 9.11, it is too dangerous for us to try it again. So now we have sequestration over the same issues. President Obama is refusing, as President Clinton did, to accede to Republican demands for steep cuts in Medicare, Medicaid. Defense spending is now included in sequestration.

In 1994, Newt Gingrich threatened to prevent a vote on increasing the federal government's debt ceiling, which would have forced the U.S. into the unprecedented position of defaulting on its outstanding debt. We already went through that Kabuki dance. We are now, as we did in 1994, operating under continuing resolution bill allowing the government to keep running.

When the White House and Congressional negotiators hammered out an agreement over the budget, we got a seven year balanced budget plan that included modest spending cuts and tax increases. In the long run, most of the cuts in domestic spending including the reform of welfare, did work for the betterment of the country. President Clinton became more centrist. President Obama may think he's got a lock on the American psyche, but not everyone believes holding the economy hostage as the sequestration is doing is great policy. In those days we did not have social media and a lot more eyes on our government. I would not count on the American people holding any one party responsible, as they did in 1994. I believe each Congressional legislator will be watched during this time. We are responsible to stop the impasse.

We heard from General Bingham that employees will be furloughed at WSMR, the same thing is happening in El Paso. William Beaumont Medical Center will be furloughing nurses. It's probably a good thing government employees won't be able to travel to monitor contracts, meet with researchers at the test facilities and universities because the air traffic controllers might be furloughed. This directly impacts our hotels, rental car agencies and restaurants. Yet, we all benefit when our government colleagues visit scientists and engineers at White Sands Missile Range, NASA White Sands Test Facility, New Mexico State University and Holloman Air Force base. Government employees are now being told to conduct their business via video conference.

Grandparents know Skype is a short term technology bridge and no replacement for seeing your grandchildren. Talking to them and hearing for yourselves how everyone is doing makes life more complete. The business of our city, our state and our nation cannot be conducted for long via Skype.

In 1945, Mervin Kelly was promoted to executive vice president of Bell Laboratories, a beautiful new industrial lab. Kelly had designed the new laboratory to be a rich environment, one conducive to collaboration. No one worked with a closed door. Kelly, upon his promotion, reorganize the labs to create interdisciplinary teams. One of the teams was the solid state physics team. Bill Shockley was among its members. Kelly was the man who built the vacuum tube manufacturing facilities at the lab. He knew how difficult, expensive and unreliable a component it was. The vacuum tube was hampering the growth of the phone system. Kelly stopped by Shockley's office after lunch one day and in passing suggested it may be possible to replace vacuum tube switching to all electronic devices. That one chance conversation started Bill Shockley on the theoretical journey that led him to conceive of the conjunction transistor. Shockley went on to win the Nobel Prize.

John Mayo, former Labs president points out, "Bell Lab's substantial innovations account for a large fraction of the jobs in this country and around the world. And they also account for a lot of the social status of the world." If this sequestration goes on too long, the unintended consequences of loss of essential collaboration and discussion, happening across our nation may be far more costly than we can calculate.

A 2008 study titled "Where Do Innovations Come From?" concluded that partnerships among corporations, government laboratories, and federally funded university research has become increasingly essential to the US innovations pipeline...in 2006, for instance, "77 of the 88 U.S. entities that produced significant innovations...(innovation) is more deeply intertwined with government than many of us realize."

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 28 days. Post 9.11, it is too dangerous for us to try it again. So now we have sequestration over the same issues. President Obama is refusing, as President Clinton did, to accede to Republican demands for steep cuts in Medicare, Medicaid. Defense spending is now included in sequestration.

In 1994, Newt Gingrich threatened to prevent a vote on increasing the federal government's debt ceiling, which would have forced the U.S. into the unprecedented position of defaulting on its outstanding debt. We already went through that Kabuki dance. We are now, as we did in 1994, operating under continuing resolution bill allowing the government to keep running.

When the White House and Congressional negotiators hammered out an agreement over the budget, we got a seven year balanced budget plan that included modest spending cuts and tax increases. In the long run, most of the cuts in domestic spending including the reform of welfare, did work for the betterment of the country. President Clinton became more centrist. President Obama may think he's got a lock on the American psyche, but not everyone believes holding the economy hostage as the sequestration is doing is great policy. In those days we did not have social media and a lot more eyes on our government. I would not count on the American people holding any one party responsible, as they did in 1994. I believe each Congressional legislator will be watched during this time. We are responsible to stop the impasse.

We heard from General Bingham that employees will be furloughed at WSMR, the same thing is happening in El Paso. William Beaumont Medical Center will be furloughing nurses. It's probably a good thing government employees won't be able to travel to monitor contracts, meet with researchers at the test facilities and universities because the air traffic controllers might be furloughed. This directly impacts our hotels, rental car agencies and restaurants. Yet, we all benefit when our government colleagues visit scientists and engineers at White Sands Missile Range, NASA White Sands Test Facility, New Mexico State University and Holloman Air Force base. Government employees are now being told to conduct their business via video conference.

Grandparents know Skype is a short term technology bridge and no replacement for seeing your grandchildren. Talking to them and hearing for yourselves how everyone is doing makes life more complete. The business of our city, our state and our nation cannot be conducted for long via Skype.

In 1945, Mervin Kelly was promoted to executive vice president of Bell Laboratories, a beautiful new industrial lab. Kelly had designed the new laboratory to be a rich environment, one conducive to collaboration. No one worked with a closed door. Kelly, upon his promotion, reorganize the labs to create interdisciplinary teams. One of the teams was the solid state physics team. Bill Shockley was among its members. Kelly was the man who built the vacuum tube manufacturing facilities at the lab. He knew how difficult, expensive and unreliable a component it was. The vacuum tube was hampering the growth of the phone system. Kelly stopped by Shockley's office after lunch one day and in passing suggested it may be possible to replace vacuum tube switching to all electronic devices. That one chance conversation started Bill Shockley on the theoretical journey that led him to conceive of the conjunction transistor. Shockley went on to win the Nobel Prize.

John Mayo, former Labs president points out, "Bell Lab's substantial innovations account for a large fraction of the jobs in this country and around the world. And they also account for a lot of the social status of the world." If this sequestration goes on too long, the unintended consequences of loss of essential collaboration and discussion, happening across our nation may be far more costly than we can calculate.

A 2008 study titled "Where Do Innovations Come From?" concluded that partnerships among corporations, government laboratories, and federally funded university research has become increasingly essential to the US innovations pipeline...in 2006, for instance, "77 of the 88 U.S. entities that produced significant innovations...(innovation) is more deeply intertwined with government than many of us realize."

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 28 days. Post 9.11, it is too dangerous for us to try it again. So now we have sequestration over the same issues. President Obama is refusing, as President Clinton did, to accede to Republican demands for steep cuts in Medicare, Medicaid. Defense spending is now included in sequestration.

In 1994, Newt Gingrich threatened to prevent a vote on increasing the federal government's debt ceiling, which would have forced the U.S. into the unprecedented position of defaulting on its outstanding debt. We already went through that Kabuki dance. We are now, as we did in 1994, operating under continuing resolution bill allowing the government to keep running.

When the White House and Congressional negotiators hammered out an agreement over the budget, we got a seven year balanced budget plan that included modest spending cuts and tax increases. In the long run, most of the cuts in domestic spending including the reform of welfare, did work for the betterment of the country. President Clinton became more centrist. President Obama may think he's got a lock on the American psyche, but not everyone believes holding the economy hostage as the sequestration is doing is great policy. In those days we did not have social media and a lot more eyes on our government. I would not count on the American people holding any one party responsible, as they did in 1994. I believe each Congressional legislator will be watched during this time. We are responsible to stop the impasse.

We heard from General Bingham that employees will be furloughed at WSMR, the same thing is happening in El Paso. William Beaumont Medical Center will be furloughing nurses. It's probably a good thing government employees won't be able to travel to monitor contracts, meet with researchers at the test facilities and universities because the air traffic controllers might be furloughed. This directly impacts our hotels, rental car agencies and restaurants. Yet, we all benefit when our government colleagues visit scientists and engineers at White Sands Missile Range, NASA White Sands Test Facility, New Mexico State University and Holloman Air Force base. Government employees are now being told to conduct their business via video conference.

Grandparents know Skype is a short term technology bridge and no replacement for seeing your grandchildren. Talking to them and hearing for yourselves how everyone is doing makes life more complete. The business of our city, our state and our nation cannot be conducted for long via Skype.

In 1945, Mervin Kelly was promoted to executive vice president of Bell Laboratories, a beautiful new industrial lab. Kelly had designed the new laboratory to be a rich environment, one conducive to collaboration. No one worked with a closed door. Kelly, upon his promotion, reorganize the labs to create interdisciplinary teams. One of the teams was the solid state physics team. Bill Shockley was among its members. Kelly was the man who built the vacuum tube manufacturing facilities at the lab. He knew how difficult, expensive and unreliable a component it was. The vacuum tube was hampering the growth of the phone system. Kelly stopped by Shockley's office after lunch one day and in passing suggested it may be possible to replace vacuum tube switching to all electronic devices. That one chance conversation started Bill Shockley on the theoretical journey that led him to conceive of the conjunction transistor. Shockley went on to win the Nobel Prize.

John Mayo, former Labs president points out, "Bell Lab's substantial innovations account for a large fraction of the jobs in this country and around the world. And they also account for a lot of the social status of the world." If this sequestration goes on too long, the unintended consequences of loss of essential collaboration and discussion, happening across our nation may be far more costly than we can calculate.

A 2008 study titled "Where Do Innovations Come From?" concluded that partnerships among corporations, government laboratories, and federally funded university research has become increasingly essential to the US innovations pipeline...in 2006, for instance, "77 of the 88 U.S. entities that produced significant innovations...(innovation) is more deeply intertwined with government than many of us realize."

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 28 days. Post 9.11, it is too dangerous for us to try it again. So now we have sequestration over the same issues. President Obama is refusing, as President Clinton did, to accede to Republican demands for steep cuts in Medicare, Medicaid. Defense spending is now included in sequestration.

In 1994, Newt Gingrich threatened to prevent a vote on increasing the federal government's debt ceiling, which would have forced the U.S. into the unprecedented position of defaulting on its outstanding debt. We already went through that Kabuki dance. We are now, as we did in 1994, operating under continuing resolution bill allowing the government to keep running.

When the White House and Congressional negotiators hammered out an agreement over the budget, we got a seven year balanced budget plan that included modest spending cuts and tax increases. In the long run, most of the cuts in domestic spending including the reform of welfare, did work for the betterment of the country. President Clinton became more centrist. President Obama may think he's got a lock on the American psyche, but not everyone believes holding the economy hostage as the sequestration is doing is great policy. In those days we did not have social media and a lot more eyes on our government. I would not count on the American people holding any one party responsible, as they did in 1994. I believe each Congressional legislator will be watched during this time. We are responsible to stop the impasse.

We heard from General Bingham that employees will be furloughed at WSMR, the same thing is happening in El Paso. William Beaumont Medical Center will be furloughing nurses. It's probably a good thing government employees won't be able to travel to monitor contracts, meet with researchers at the test facilities and universities because the air traffic controllers might be furloughed. This directly impacts our hotels, rental car agencies and restaurants. Yet, we all benefit when our government colleagues visit scientists and engineers at White Sands Missile Range, NASA White Sands Test Facility, New Mexico State University and Holloman Air Force base. Government employees are now being told to conduct their business via video conference.

Grandparents know Skype is a short term technology bridge and no replacement for seeing your grandchildren. Talking to them and hearing for yourselves how everyone is doing makes life more complete. The business of our city, our state and our nation cannot be conducted for long via Skype.

In 1945, Mervin Kelly was promoted to executive vice president of Bell Laboratories, a beautiful new industrial lab. Kelly had designed the new laboratory to be a rich environment, one conducive to collaboration. No one worked with a closed door. Kelly, upon his promotion, reorganize the labs to create interdisciplinary teams. One of the teams was the solid state physics team. Bill Shockley was among its members. Kelly was the man who built the vacuum tube manufacturing facilities at the lab. He knew how difficult, expensive and unreliable a component it was. The vacuum tube was hampering the growth of the phone system. Kelly stopped by Shockley's office after lunch one day and in passing suggested it may be possible to replace vacuum tube switching to all electronic devices. That one chance conversation started Bill Shockley on the theoretical journey that led him to conceive of the conjunction transistor. Shockley went on to win the Nobel Prize.

John Mayo, former Labs president points out, "Bell Lab's substantial innovations account for a large fraction of the jobs in this country and around the world. And they also account for a lot of the social status of the world." If this sequestration goes on too long, the unintended consequences of loss of essential collaboration and discussion, happening across our nation may be far more costly than we can calculate.

A 2008 study titled "Where Do Innovations Come From?" concluded that partnerships among corporations, government laboratories, and federally funded university research has become increasingly essential to the US innovations pipeline...in 2006, for instance, "77 of the 88 U.S. entities that produced significant innovations...(innovation) is more deeply intertwined with government than many of us realize."

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 28 days. Post 9.11, it is too dangerous for us to try it again. So now we have sequestration over the same issues. President Obama is refusing, as President Clinton did, to accede to Republican demands for steep cuts in Medicare, Medicaid. Defense spending is now included in sequestration.

In 1994, Newt Gingrich threatened to prevent a vote on increasing the federal government's debt ceiling, which would have forced the U.S. into the unprecedented position of defaulting on its outstanding debt. We already went through that Kabuki dance. We are now, as we did in 1994, operating under continuing resolution bill allowing the government to keep running.

When the White House and Congressional negotiators hammered out an agreement over the budget, we got a seven year balanced budget plan that included modest spending cuts and tax increases. In the long run, most of the cuts in domestic spending including the reform of welfare, did work for the betterment of the country. President Clinton became more centrist. President Obama may think he's got a lock on the American psyche, but not everyone believes holding the economy hostage as the sequestration is doing is great policy. In those days we did not have social media and a lot more eyes on our government. I would not count on the American people holding any one party responsible, as they did in 1994. I believe each Congressional legislator will be watched during this time. We are responsible to stop the impasse.

We heard from General Bingham that employees will be furloughed at WSMR, the same thing is happening in El Paso. William Beaumont Medical Center will be furloughing nurses. It's probably a good thing government employees won't be able to travel to monitor contracts, meet with researchers at the test facilities and universities because the air traffic controllers might be furloughed. This directly impacts our hotels, rental car agencies and restaurants. Yet, we all benefit when our government colleagues visit scientists and engineers at White Sands Missile Range, NASA White Sands Test Facility, New Mexico State University and Holloman Air Force base. Government employees are now being told to conduct their business via video conference.

Grandparents know Skype is a short term technology bridge and no replacement for seeing your grandchildren. Talking to them and hearing for yourselves how everyone is doing makes life more complete. The business of our city, our state and our nation cannot be conducted for long via Skype.

In 1945, Mervin Kelly was promoted to executive vice president of Bell Laboratories, a beautiful new industrial lab. Kelly had designed the new laboratory to be a rich environment, one conducive to collaboration. No one worked with a closed door. Kelly, upon his promotion, reorganize the labs to create interdisciplinary teams. One of the teams was the solid state physics team. Bill Shockley was among its members. Kelly was the man who built the vacuum tube manufacturing facilities at the lab. He knew how difficult, expensive and unreliable a component it was. The vacuum tube was hampering the growth of the phone system. Kelly stopped by Shockley's office after lunch one day and in passing suggested it may be possible to replace vacuum tube switching to all electronic devices. That one chance conversation started Bill Shockley on the theoretical journey that led him to conceive of the conjunction transistor. Shockley went on to win the Nobel Prize.

John Mayo, former Labs president points out, "Bell Lab's substantial innovations account for a large fraction of the jobs in this country and around the world. And they also account for a lot of the social status of the world." If this sequestration goes on too long, the unintended consequences of loss of essential collaboration and discussion, happening across our nation may be far more costly than we can calculate.

A 2008 study titled "Where Do Innovations Come From?" concluded that partnerships among corporations, government laboratories, and federally funded university research has become increasingly essential to the US innovations pipeline...in 2006, for instance, "77 of the 88 U.S. entities that produced significant innovations...(innovation) is more deeply intertwined with government than many of us realize."

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 28 days. Post 9.11, it is too dangerous for us to try it again. So now we have sequestration over the same issues. President Obama is refusing, as President Clinton did, to accede to Republican demands for steep cuts in Medicare, Medicaid. Defense spending is now included in sequestration.

In 1994, Newt Gingrich threatened to prevent a vote on increasing the federal government's debt ceiling, which would have forced the U.S. into the unprecedented position of defaulting on its outstanding debt. We already went through that Kabuki dance. We are now, as we did in 1994, operating under continuing resolution bill allowing the government to keep running.

When the White House and Congressional negotiators hammered out an agreement over the budget, we got a seven year balanced budget plan that included modest spending cuts and tax increases. In the long run, most of the cuts in domestic spending including the reform of welfare, did work for the betterment of the country. President Clinton became more centrist. President Obama may think he's got a lock on the American psyche, but not everyone believes holding the economy hostage as the sequestration is doing is great policy. In those days we did not have social media and a lot more eyes on our government. I would not count on the American people holding any one party responsible, as they did in 1994. I believe each Congressional legislator will be watched during this time. We are responsible to stop the impasse.

We heard from General Bingham that employees will be furloughed at WSMR, the same thing is happening in El Paso. William Beaumont Medical Center will be furloughing nurses. It's probably a good thing government employees won't be able to travel to monitor contracts, meet with researchers at the test facilities and universities because the air traffic controllers might be furloughed. This directly impacts our hotels, rental car agencies and restaurants. Yet, we all benefit when our government colleagues visit scientists and engineers at White Sands Missile Range, NASA White Sands Test Facility, New Mexico State University and Holloman Air Force base. Government employees are now being told to conduct their business via video conference.

Grandparents know Skype is a short term technology bridge and no replacement for seeing your grandchildren. Talking to them and hearing for yourselves how everyone is doing makes life more complete. The business of our city, our state and our nation cannot be conducted for long via Skype.

In 1945, Mervin Kelly was promoted to executive vice president of Bell Laboratories, a beautiful new industrial lab. Kelly had designed the new laboratory to be a rich environment, one conducive to collaboration. No one worked with a closed door. Kelly, upon his promotion, reorganize the labs to create interdisciplinary teams. One of the teams was the solid state physics team. Bill Shockley was among its members. Kelly was the man who built the vacuum tube manufacturing facilities at the lab. He knew how difficult, expensive and unreliable a component it was. The vacuum tube was hampering the growth of the phone system. Kelly stopped by Shockley's office after lunch one day and in passing suggested it may be possible to replace vacuum tube switching to all electronic devices. That one chance conversation started Bill Shockley on the theoretical journey that led him to conceive of the conjunction transistor. Shockley went on to win the Nobel Prize.

John Mayo, former Labs president points out, "Bell Lab's substantial innovations account for a large fraction of the jobs in this country and around the world. And they also account for a lot of the social status of the world." If this sequestration goes on too long, the unintended consequences of loss of essential collaboration and discussion, happening across our nation may be far more costly than we can calculate.

A 2008 study titled "Where Do Innovations Come From?" concluded that partnerships among corporations, government laboratories, and federally funded university research has become increasingly essential to the US innovations pipeline...in 2006, for instance, "77 of the 88 U.S. entities that produced significant innovations...(innovation) is more deeply intertwined with government than many of us realize."

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 28 days. Post 9.11, it is too dangerous for us to try it again. So now we have sequestration over the same issues. President Obama is refusing, as President Clinton did, to accede to Republican demands for steep cuts in Medicare, Medicaid. Defense spending is now included in sequestration.

In 1994, Newt Gingrich threatened to prevent a vote on increasing the federal government's debt ceiling, which would have forced the U.S. into the unprecedented position of defaulting on its outstanding debt. We already went through that Kabuki dance. We are now, as we did in 1994, operating under continuing resolution bill allowing the government to keep running.

When the White House and Congressional negotiators hammered out an agreement over the budget, we got a seven year balanced budget plan that included modest spending cuts and tax increases. In the long run, most of the cuts in domestic spending including the reform of welfare, did work for the betterment of the country. President Clinton became more centrist. President Obama may think he's got a lock on the American psyche, but not everyone believes holding the economy hostage as the sequestration is doing is great policy. In those days we did not have social media and a lot more eyes on our government. I would not count on the American people holding any one party responsible, as they did in 1994. I believe each Congressional legislator will be watched during this time. We are responsible to stop the impasse.

We heard from General Bingham that employees will be furloughed at WSMR, the same thing is happening in El Paso. William Beaumont Medical Center will be furloughing nurses. It's probably a good thing government employees won't be able to travel to monitor contracts, meet with researchers at the test facilities and universities because the air traffic controllers might be furloughed. This directly impacts our hotels, rental car agencies and restaurants. Yet, we all benefit when our government colleagues visit scientists and engineers at White Sands Missile Range, NASA White Sands Test Facility, New Mexico State University and Holloman Air Force base. Government employees are now being told to conduct their business via video conference.

Grandparents know Skype is a short term technology bridge and no replacement for seeing your grandchildren. Talking to them and hearing for yourselves how everyone is doing makes life more complete. The business of our city, our state and our nation cannot be conducted for long via Skype.

In 1945, Mervin Kelly was promoted to executive vice president of Bell Laboratories, a beautiful new industrial lab. Kelly had designed the new laboratory to be a rich environment, one conducive to collaboration. No one worked with a closed door. Kelly, upon his promotion, reorganize the labs to create interdisciplinary teams. One of the teams was the solid state physics team. Bill Shockley was among its members. Kelly was the man who built the vacuum tube manufacturing facilities at the lab. He knew how difficult, expensive and unreliable a component it was. The vacuum tube was hampering the growth of the phone system. Kelly stopped by Shockley's office after lunch one day and in passing suggested it may be possible to replace vacuum tube switching to all electronic devices. That one chance conversation started Bill Shockley on the theoretical journey that led him to conceive of the conjunction transistor. Shockley went on to win the Nobel Prize.

John Mayo, former Labs president points out, "Bell Lab's substantial innovations account for a large fraction of the jobs in this country and around the world. And they also account for a lot of the social status of the world." If this sequestration goes on too long, the unintended consequences of loss of essential collaboration and discussion, happening across our nation may be far more costly than we can calculate.

A 2008 study titled "Where Do Innovations Come From?" concluded that partnerships among corporations, government laboratories, and federally funded university research has become increasingly essential to the US innovations pipeline...in 2006, for instance, "77 of the 88 U.S. entities that produced significant innovations...(innovation) is more deeply intertwined with government than many of us realize."

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 28 days. Post 9.11, it is too dangerous for us to try it again. So now we have sequestration over the same issues. President Obama is refusing, as President Clinton did, to accede to Republican demands for steep cuts in Medicare, Medicaid. Defense spending is now included in sequestration.

In 1994, Newt Gingrich threatened to prevent a vote on increasing the federal government's debt ceiling, which would have forced the U.S. into the unprecedented position of defaulting on its outstanding debt. We already went through that Kabuki dance. We are now, as we did in 1994, operating under continuing resolution bill allowing the government to keep running.

When the White House and Congressional negotiators hammered out an agreement over the budget, we got a seven year balanced budget plan that included modest spending cuts and tax increases. In the long run, most of the cuts in domestic spending including the reform of welfare, did work for the betterment of the country. President Clinton became more centrist. President Obama may think he's got a lock on the American psyche, but not everyone believes holding the economy hostage as the sequestration is doing is great policy. In those days we did not have social media and a lot more eyes on our government. I would not count on the American people holding any one party responsible, as they did in 1994. I believe each Congressional legislator will be watched during this time. We are responsible to stop the impasse.

We heard from General Bingham that employees will be furloughed at WSMR, the same thing is happening in El Paso. William Beaumont Medical Center will be furloughing nurses. It's probably a good thing government employees won't be able to travel to monitor contracts, meet with researchers at the test facilities and universities because the air traffic controllers might be furloughed. This directly impacts our hotels, rental car agencies and restaurants. Yet, we all benefit when our government colleagues visit scientists and engineers at White Sands Missile Range, NASA White Sands Test Facility, New Mexico State University and Holloman Air Force base. Government employees are now being told to conduct their business via video conference.

Grandparents know Skype is a short term technology bridge and no replacement for seeing your grandchildren. Talking to them and hearing for yourselves how everyone is doing makes life more complete. The business of our city, our state and our nation cannot be conducted for long via Skype.

In 1945, Mervin Kelly was promoted to executive vice president of Bell Laboratories, a beautiful new industrial lab. Kelly had designed the new laboratory to be a rich environment, one conducive to collaboration. No one worked with a closed door. Kelly, upon his promotion, reorganize the labs to create interdisciplinary teams. One of the teams was the solid state physics team. Bill Shockley was among its members. Kelly was the man who built the vacuum tube manufacturing facilities at the lab. He knew how difficult, expensive and unreliable a component it was. The vacuum tube was hampering the growth of the phone system. Kelly stopped by Shockley's office after lunch one day and in passing suggested it may be possible to replace vacuum tube switching to all electronic devices. That one chance conversation started Bill Shockley on the theoretical journey that led him to conceive of the conjunction transistor. Shockley went on to win the Nobel Prize.

John Mayo, former Labs president points out, "Bell Lab's substantial innovations account for a large fraction of the jobs in this country and around the world. And they also account for a lot of the social status of the world." If this sequestration goes on too long, the unintended consequences of loss of essential collaboration and discussion, happening across our nation may be far more costly than we can calculate.

A 2008 study titled "Where Do Innovations Come From?" concluded that partnerships among corporations, government laboratories, and federally funded university research has become increasingly essential to the US innovations pipeline...in 2006, for instance, "77 of the 88 U.S. entities that produced significant innovations...(innovation) is more deeply intertwined with government than many of us realize."

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 28 days. Post 9.11, it is too dangerous for us to try it again. So now we have sequestration over the same issues. President Obama is refusing, as President Clinton did, to accede to Republican demands for steep cuts in Medicare, Medicaid. Defense spending is now included in sequestration.

In 1994, Newt Gingrich threatened to prevent a vote on increasing the federal government's debt ceiling, which would have forced the U.S. into the unprecedented position of defaulting on its outstanding debt. We already went through that Kabuki dance. We are now, as we did in 1994, operating under continuing resolution bill allowing the government to keep running.

When the White House and Congressional negotiators hammered out an agreement over the budget, we got a seven year balanced budget plan that included modest spending cuts and tax increases. In the long run, most of the cuts in domestic spending including the reform of welfare, did work for the betterment of the country. President Clinton became more centrist. President Obama may think he's got a lock on the American psyche, but not everyone believes holding the economy hostage as the sequestration is doing is great policy. In those days we did not have social media and a lot more eyes on our government. I would not count on the American people holding any one party responsible, as they did in 1994. I believe each Congressional legislator will be watched during this time. We are responsible to stop the impasse.

We heard from General Bingham that employees will be furloughed at WSMR, the same thing is happening in El Paso. William Beaumont Medical Center will be furloughing nurses. It's probably a good thing government employees won't be able to travel to monitor contracts, meet with researchers at the test facilities and universities because the air traffic controllers might be furloughed. This directly impacts our hotels, rental car agencies and restaurants. Yet, we all benefit when our government colleagues visit scientists and engineers at White Sands Missile Range, NASA White Sands Test Facility, New Mexico State University and Holloman Air Force base. Government employees are now being told to conduct their business via video conference.

Grandparents know Skype is a short term technology bridge and no replacement for seeing your grandchildren. Talking to them and hearing for yourselves how everyone is doing makes life more complete. The business of our city, our state and our nation cannot be conducted for long via Skype.

In 1945, Mervin Kelly was promoted to executive vice president of Bell Laboratories, a beautiful new industrial lab. Kelly had designed the new laboratory to be a rich environment, one conducive to collaboration. No one worked with a closed door. Kelly, upon his promotion, reorganize the labs to create interdisciplinary teams. One of the teams was the solid state physics team. Bill Shockley was among its members. Kelly was the man who built the vacuum tube manufacturing facilities at the lab. He knew how difficult, expensive and unreliable a component it was. The vacuum tube was hampering the growth of the phone system. Kelly stopped by Shockley's office after lunch one day and in passing suggested it may be possible to replace vacuum tube switching to all electronic devices. That one chance conversation started Bill Shockley on the theoretical journey that led him to conceive of the conjunction transistor. Shockley went on to win the Nobel Prize.

John Mayo, former Labs president points out, "Bell Lab's substantial innovations account for a large fraction of the jobs in this country and around the world. And they also account for a lot of the social status of the world." If this sequestration goes on too long, the unintended consequences of loss of essential collaboration and discussion, happening across our nation may be far more costly than we can calculate.

A 2008 study titled "Where Do Innovations Come From?" concluded that partnerships among corporations, government laboratories, and federally funded university research has become increasingly essential to the US innovations pipeline...in 2006, for instance, "77 of the 88 U.S. entities that produced significant innovations...(innovation) is more deeply intertwined with government than many of us realize."

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 28 days. Post 9.11, it is too dangerous for us to try it again. So now we have sequestration over the same issues. President Obama is refusing, as President Clinton did, to accede to Republican demands for steep cuts in Medicare, Medicaid. Defense spending is now included in sequestration.

In 1994, Newt Gingrich threatened to prevent a vote on increasing the federal government's debt ceiling, which would have forced the U.S. into the unprecedented position of defaulting on its outstanding debt. We already went through that Kabuki dance. We are now, as we did in 1994, operating under continuing resolution bill allowing the government to keep running.

When the White House and Congressional negotiators hammered out an agreement over the budget, we got a seven year balanced budget plan that included modest spending cuts and tax increases. In the long run, most of the cuts in domestic spending including the reform of welfare, did work for the betterment of the country. President Clinton became more centrist. President Obama may think he's got a lock on the American psyche, but not everyone believes holding the economy hostage as the sequestration is doing is great policy. In those days we did not have social media and a lot more eyes on our government. I would not count on the American people holding any one party responsible, as they did in 1994. I believe each Congressional legislator will be watched during this time. We are responsible to stop the impasse.

We heard from General Bingham that employees will be furloughed at WSMR, the same thing is happening in El Paso. William Beaumont Medical Center will be furloughing nurses. It's probably a good thing government employees won't be able to travel to monitor contracts, meet with researchers at the test facilities and universities because the air traffic controllers might be furloughed. This directly impacts our hotels, rental car agencies and restaurants. Yet, we all benefit when our government colleagues visit scientists and engineers at White Sands Missile Range, NASA White Sands Test Facility, New Mexico State University and Holloman Air Force base. Government employees are now being told to conduct their business via video conference.

Grandparents know Skype is a short term technology bridge and no replacement for seeing your grandchildren. Talking to them and hearing for yourselves how everyone is doing makes life more complete. The business of our city, our state and our nation cannot be conducted for long via Skype.

In 1945, Mervin Kelly was promoted to executive vice president of Bell Laboratories, a beautiful new industrial lab. Kelly had designed the new laboratory to be a rich environment, one conducive to collaboration. No one worked with a closed door. Kelly, upon his promotion, reorganize the labs to create interdisciplinary teams. One of the teams was the solid state physics team. Bill Shockley was among its members. Kelly was the man who built the vacuum tube manufacturing facilities at the lab. He knew how difficult, expensive and unreliable a component it was. The vacuum tube was hampering the growth of the phone system. Kelly stopped by Shockley's office after lunch one day and in passing suggested it may be possible to replace vacuum tube switching to all electronic devices. That one chance conversation started Bill Shockley on the theoretical journey that led him to conceive of the conjunction transistor. Shockley went on to win the Nobel Prize.

John Mayo, former Labs president points out, "Bell Lab's substantial innovations account for a large fraction of the jobs in this country and around the world. And they also account for a lot of the social status of the world." If this sequestration goes on too long, the unintended consequences of loss of essential collaboration and discussion, happening across our nation may be far more costly than we can calculate.

A 2008 study titled "Where Do Innovations Come From?" concluded that partnerships among corporations, government laboratories, and federally funded university research has become increasingly essential to the US innovations pipeline...in 2006, for instance, "77 of the 88 U.S. entities that produced significant innovations...(innovation) is more deeply intertwined with government than many of us realize."

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 28 days. Post 9.11, it is too dangerous for us to try it again. So now we have sequestration over the same issues. President Obama is refusing, as President Clinton did, to accede to Republican demands for steep cuts in Medicare, Medicaid. Defense spending is now included in sequestration.

In 1994, Newt Gingrich threatened to prevent a vote on increasing the federal government's debt ceiling, which would have forced the U.S. into the unprecedented position of defaulting on its outstanding debt. We already went through that Kabuki dance. We are now, as we did in 1994, operating under continuing resolution bill allowing the government to keep running.

When the White House and Congressional negotiators hammered out an agreement over the budget, we got a seven year balanced budget plan that included modest spending cuts and tax increases. In the long run, most of the cuts in domestic spending including the reform of welfare, did work for the betterment of the country. President Clinton became more centrist. President Obama may think he's got a lock on the American psyche, but not everyone believes holding the economy hostage as the sequestration is doing is great policy. In those days we did not have social media and a lot more eyes on our government. I would not count on the American people holding any one party responsible, as they did in 1994. I believe each Congressional legislator will be watched during this time. We are responsible to stop the impasse.

We heard from General Bingham that employees will be furloughed at WSMR, the same thing is happening in El Paso. William Beaumont Medical Center will be furloughing nurses. It's probably a good thing government employees won't be able to travel to monitor contracts, meet with researchers at the test facilities and universities because the air traffic controllers might be furloughed. This directly impacts our hotels, rental car agencies and restaurants. Yet, we all benefit when our government colleagues visit scientists and engineers at White Sands Missile Range, NASA White Sands Test Facility, New Mexico State University and Holloman Air Force base. Government employees are now being told to conduct their business via video conference.

Grandparents know Skype is a short term technology bridge and no replacement for seeing your grandchildren. Talking to them and hearing for yourselves how everyone is doing makes life more complete. The business of our city, our state and our nation cannot be conducted for long via Skype.

In 1945, Mervin Kelly was promoted to executive vice president of Bell Laboratories, a beautiful new industrial lab. Kelly had designed the new laboratory to be a rich environment, one conducive to collaboration. No one worked with a closed door. Kelly, upon his promotion, reorganize the labs to create interdisciplinary teams. One of the teams was the solid state physics team. Bill Shockley was among its members. Kelly was the man who built the vacuum tube manufacturing facilities at the lab. He knew how difficult, expensive and unreliable a component it was. The vacuum tube was hampering the growth of the phone system. Kelly stopped by Shockley's office after lunch one day and in passing suggested it may be possible to replace vacuum tube switching to all electronic devices. That one chance conversation started Bill Shockley on the theoretical journey that led him to conceive of the conjunction transistor. Shockley went on to win the Nobel Prize.

John Mayo, former Labs president points out, "Bell Lab's substantial innovations account for a large fraction of the jobs in this country and around the world. And they also account for a lot of the social status of the world." If this sequestration goes on too long, the unintended consequences of loss of essential collaboration and discussion, happening across our nation may be far more costly than we can calculate.

A 2008 study titled "Where Do Innovations Come From?" concluded that partnerships among corporations, government laboratories, and federally funded university research has become increasingly essential to the US innovations pipeline...in 2006, for instance, "77 of the 88 U.S. entities that produced significant innovations...(innovation) is more deeply intertwined with government than many of us realize."

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 over. That is one way to look at the sequester. In the second case, the hangover, that is self- inflicted. We could argue that the sequester is a hangover in waiting. It is self-inflicted considering we live in a representative democracy. We elected the people who decided, in the absence of the thought process, let's just cut the Department of Defense and all the Federal agencies, see what happens. These are the people who represented us in the negotiations that created the tactic of sequestering our government agencies because of binge spending.

If this were the first time we got a hangover from binging, we could be somewhat understanding. But, after 4 years, the United States of America does not have a federal budget. The United States Congress has not passed a budget since 2009. If we had a budget, and it contained tactical cuts, federal agencies could plan. Yet, Congress put off getting a budget agreement until after the elections. We keep on doing what we know will cause the hangover. The people we elected are unable to agree on a budget to run our country. Did you know this? Would you let your household, your business, our city or state run without a budget for four years?

So ask yourself, who benefits if we do nothing? If our government does not pass a budget with cuts in spending, and tax hikes, who benefits? Come on - who benefits from status quo? The sequester will not touch the debt crisis. It does not touch over 50% of our debt problems, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. The sequester is a message to America from Congress; tell us what to do. Let's take Congress and the President up on this challenge.

Tip O'Neil, Speaker of the House in a different era, advised all Americans to think globally and act locally. Let's look at an example of what we were facing with Spaceport America a month ago. If we did not craft good Informed Consent legislation, our anchor tenant would not be able to operate. The state would have a $210 million dollar state asset that will have a limited function. We averted this scenario. How? We worked together in harmony to educate and listen to each other. We came up with legislation that will get us to the next step and continue on evolving commercial human space travel in our state and nation. We created a win win - together.

So what's our next step here? We have to start talking directly to our legislators in Washington. Focus on what you know well, if you are an educator, let our federal legislators know what you want in a budget for our country no later than 2014. Same thing if you are a city worker, a federal employee, a car dealer or a restaurant owner. Talk about what you know, send a message. We want a budget. You see, this year, Fiscal Year 2013, is half over. We will not get a budget this year either. If we let our elected representatives know what we want, and they still don't act, our choices are clear in the next election cycle.

I was in Washington, DC last week. My purpose was to deliver a message personally to our congressional delegation. The federal programs I work on have been operating as if under sequester for over a year. We, the people who work in the states on the business of the government, how their budgets are doing. The folks at WSTF, WSMR, the Forest Service and the Border Patrol, they get it. They were told a year ago to submit budgets with sequester in place. They are operating as if they have been under sequester already. The FAA is going to cut services to smaller airports. Government furloughs will effect everything from passport processing to Visa requests.

The true damage of the sequester will not be known until it is over. I was on Capitol Hill the day after we invaded Iraq. The Army was on the lawn of the Capitol with machine guns. On the same lawn, I saw a hundred students on Spring break. Ours is a great country, we can do better than this.

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 over. That is one way to look at the sequester. In the second case, the hangover, that is self- inflicted. We could argue that the sequester is a hangover in waiting. It is self-inflicted considering we live in a representative democracy. We elected the people who decided, in the absence of the thought process, let's just cut the Department of Defense and all the Federal agencies, see what happens. These are the people who represented us in the negotiations that created the tactic of sequestering our government agencies because of binge spending.

If this were the first time we got a hangover from binging, we could be somewhat understanding. But, after 4 years, the United States of America does not have a federal budget. The United States Congress has not passed a budget since 2009. If we had a budget, and it contained tactical cuts, federal agencies could plan. Yet, Congress put off getting a budget agreement until after the elections. We keep on doing what we know will cause the hangover. The people we elected are unable to agree on a budget to run our country. Did you know this? Would you let your household, your business, our city or state run without a budget for four years?

So ask yourself, who benefits if we do nothing? If our government does not pass a budget with cuts in spending, and tax hikes, who benefits? Come on - who benefits from status quo? The sequester will not touch the debt crisis. It does not touch over 50% of our debt problems, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. The sequester is a message to America from Congress; tell us what to do. Let's take Congress and the President up on this challenge.

Tip O'Neil, Speaker of the House in a different era, advised all Americans to think globally and act locally. Let's look at an example of what we were facing with Spaceport America a month ago. If we did not craft good Informed Consent legislation, our anchor tenant would not be able to operate. The state would have a $210 million dollar state asset that will have a limited function. We averted this scenario. How? We worked together in harmony to educate and listen to each other. We came up with legislation that will get us to the next step and continue on evolving commercial human space travel in our state and nation. We created a win win - together.

So what's our next step here? We have to start talking directly to our legislators in Washington. Focus on what you know well, if you are an educator, let our federal legislators know what you want in a budget for our country no later than 2014. Same thing if you are a city worker, a federal employee, a car dealer or a restaurant owner. Talk about what you know, send a message. We want a budget. You see, this year, Fiscal Year 2013, is half over. We will not get a budget this year either. If we let our elected representatives know what we want, and they still don't act, our choices are clear in the next election cycle.

I was in Washington, DC last week. My purpose was to deliver a message personally to our congressional delegation. The federal programs I work on have been operating as if under sequester for over a year. We, the people who work in the states on the business of the government, how their budgets are doing. The folks at WSTF, WSMR, the Forest Service and the Border Patrol, they get it. They were told a year ago to submit budgets with sequester in place. They are operating as if they have been under sequester already. The FAA is going to cut services to smaller airports. Government furloughs will effect everything from passport processing to Visa requests.

The true damage of the sequester will not be known until it is over. I was on Capitol Hill the day after we invaded Iraq. The Army was on the lawn of the Capitol with machine guns. On the same lawn, I saw a hundred students on Spring break. Ours is a great country, we can do better than this.

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 over. That is one way to look at the sequester. In the second case, the hangover, that is self- inflicted. We could argue that the sequester is a hangover in waiting. It is self-inflicted considering we live in a representative democracy. We elected the people who decided, in the absence of the thought process, let's just cut the Department of Defense and all the Federal agencies, see what happens. These are the people who represented us in the negotiations that created the tactic of sequestering our government agencies because of binge spending.

If this were the first time we got a hangover from binging, we could be somewhat understanding. But, after 4 years, the United States of America does not have a federal budget. The United States Congress has not passed a budget since 2009. If we had a budget, and it contained tactical cuts, federal agencies could plan. Yet, Congress put off getting a budget agreement until after the elections. We keep on doing what we know will cause the hangover. The people we elected are unable to agree on a budget to run our country. Did you know this? Would you let your household, your business, our city or state run without a budget for four years?

So ask yourself, who benefits if we do nothing? If our government does not pass a budget with cuts in spending, and tax hikes, who benefits? Come on - who benefits from status quo? The sequester will not touch the debt crisis. It does not touch over 50% of our debt problems, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. The sequester is a message to America from Congress; tell us what to do. Let's take Congress and the President up on this challenge.

Tip O'Neil, Speaker of the House in a different era, advised all Americans to think globally and act locally. Let's look at an example of what we were facing with Spaceport America a month ago. If we did not craft good Informed Consent legislation, our anchor tenant would not be able to operate. The state would have a $210 million dollar state asset that will have a limited function. We averted this scenario. How? We worked together in harmony to educate and listen to each other. We came up with legislation that will get us to the next step and continue on evolving commercial human space travel in our state and nation. We created a win win - together.

So what's our next step here? We have to start talking directly to our legislators in Washington. Focus on what you know well, if you are an educator, let our federal legislators know what you want in a budget for our country no later than 2014. Same thing if you are a city worker, a federal employee, a car dealer or a restaurant owner. Talk about what you know, send a message. We want a budget. You see, this year, Fiscal Year 2013, is half over. We will not get a budget this year either. If we let our elected representatives know what we want, and they still don't act, our choices are clear in the next election cycle.

I was in Washington, DC last week. My purpose was to deliver a message personally to our congressional delegation. The federal programs I work on have been operating as if under sequester for over a year. We, the people who work in the states on the business of the government, how their budgets are doing. The folks at WSTF, WSMR, the Forest Service and the Border Patrol, they get it. They were told a year ago to submit budgets with sequester in place. They are operating as if they have been under sequester already. The FAA is going to cut services to smaller airports. Government furloughs will effect everything from passport processing to Visa requests.

The true damage of the sequester will not be known until it is over. I was on Capitol Hill the day after we invaded Iraq. The Army was on the lawn of the Capitol with machine guns. On the same lawn, I saw a hundred students on Spring break. Ours is a great country, we can do better than this.

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 over. That is one way to look at the sequester. In the second case, the hangover, that is self- inflicted. We could argue that the sequester is a hangover in waiting. It is self-inflicted considering we live in a representative democracy. We elected the people who decided, in the absence of the thought process, let's just cut the Department of Defense and all the Federal agencies, see what happens. These are the people who represented us in the negotiations that created the tactic of sequestering our government agencies because of binge spending.

If this were the first time we got a hangover from binging, we could be somewhat understanding. But, after 4 years, the United States of America does not have a federal budget. The United States Congress has not passed a budget since 2009. If we had a budget, and it contained tactical cuts, federal agencies could plan. Yet, Congress put off getting a budget agreement until after the elections. We keep on doing what we know will cause the hangover. The people we elected are unable to agree on a budget to run our country. Did you know this? Would you let your household, your business, our city or state run without a budget for four years?

So ask yourself, who benefits if we do nothing? If our government does not pass a budget with cuts in spending, and tax hikes, who benefits? Come on - who benefits from status quo? The sequester will not touch the debt crisis. It does not touch over 50% of our debt problems, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. The sequester is a message to America from Congress; tell us what to do. Let's take Congress and the President up on this challenge.

Tip O'Neil, Speaker of the House in a different era, advised all Americans to think globally and act locally. Let's look at an example of what we were facing with Spaceport America a month ago. If we did not craft good Informed Consent legislation, our anchor tenant would not be able to operate. The state would have a $210 million dollar state asset that will have a limited function. We averted this scenario. How? We worked together in harmony to educate and listen to each other. We came up with legislation that will get us to the next step and continue on evolving commercial human space travel in our state and nation. We created a win win - together.

So what's our next step here? We have to start talking directly to our legislators in Washington. Focus on what you know well, if you are an educator, let our federal legislators know what you want in a budget for our country no later than 2014. Same thing if you are a city worker, a federal employee, a car dealer or a restaurant owner. Talk about what you know, send a message. We want a budget. You see, this year, Fiscal Year 2013, is half over. We will not get a budget this year either. If we let our elected representatives know what we want, and they still don't act, our choices are clear in the next election cycle.

I was in Washington, DC last week. My purpose was to deliver a message personally to our congressional delegation. The federal programs I work on have been operating as if under sequester for over a year. We, the people who work in the states on the business of the government, how their budgets are doing. The folks at WSTF, WSMR, the Forest Service and the Border Patrol, they get it. They were told a year ago to submit budgets with sequester in place. They are operating as if they have been under sequester already. The FAA is going to cut services to smaller airports. Government furloughs will effect everything from passport processing to Visa requests.

The true damage of the sequester will not be known until it is over. I was on Capitol Hill the day after we invaded Iraq. The Army was on the lawn of the Capitol with machine guns. On the same lawn, I saw a hundred students on Spring break. Ours is a great country, we can do better than this.

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 over. That is one way to look at the sequester. In the second case, the hangover, that is self- inflicted. We could argue that the sequester is a hangover in waiting. It is self-inflicted considering we live in a representative democracy. We elected the people who decided, in the absence of the thought process, let's just cut the Department of Defense and all the Federal agencies, see what happens. These are the people who represented us in the negotiations that created the tactic of sequestering our government agencies because of binge spending.

If this were the first time we got a hangover from binging, we could be somewhat understanding. But, after 4 years, the United States of America does not have a federal budget. The United States Congress has not passed a budget since 2009. If we had a budget, and it contained tactical cuts, federal agencies could plan. Yet, Congress put off getting a budget agreement until after the elections. We keep on doing what we know will cause the hangover. The people we elected are unable to agree on a budget to run our country. Did you know this? Would you let your household, your business, our city or state run without a budget for four years?

So ask yourself, who benefits if we do nothing? If our government does not pass a budget with cuts in spending, and tax hikes, who benefits? Come on - who benefits from status quo? The sequester will not touch the debt crisis. It does not touch over 50% of our debt problems, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. The sequester is a message to America from Congress; tell us what to do. Let's take Congress and the President up on this challenge.

Tip O'Neil, Speaker of the House in a different era, advised all Americans to think globally and act locally. Let's look at an example of what we were facing with Spaceport America a month ago. If we did not craft good Informed Consent legislation, our anchor tenant would not be able to operate. The state would have a $210 million dollar state asset that will have a limited function. We averted this scenario. How? We worked together in harmony to educate and listen to each other. We came up with legislation that will get us to the next step and continue on evolving commercial human space travel in our state and nation. We created a win win - together.

So what's our next step here? We have to start talking directly to our legislators in Washington. Focus on what you know well, if you are an educator, let our federal legislators know what you want in a budget for our country no later than 2014. Same thing if you are a city worker, a federal employee, a car dealer or a restaurant owner. Talk about what you know, send a message. We want a budget. You see, this year, Fiscal Year 2013, is half over. We will not get a budget this year either. If we let our elected representatives know what we want, and they still don't act, our choices are clear in the next election cycle.

I was in Washington, DC last week. My purpose was to deliver a message personally to our congressional delegation. The federal programs I work on have been operating as if under sequester for over a year. We, the people who work in the states on the business of the government, how their budgets are doing. The folks at WSTF, WSMR, the Forest Service and the Border Patrol, they get it. They were told a year ago to submit budgets with sequester in place. They are operating as if they have been under sequester already. The FAA is going to cut services to smaller airports. Government furloughs will effect everything from passport processing to Visa requests.

The true damage of the sequester will not be known until it is over. I was on Capitol Hill the day after we invaded Iraq. The Army was on the lawn of the Capitol with machine guns. On the same lawn, I saw a hundred students on Spring break. Ours is a great country, we can do better than this.

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 over. That is one way to look at the sequester. In the second case, the hangover, that is self- inflicted. We could argue that the sequester is a hangover in waiting. It is self-inflicted considering we live in a representative democracy. We elected the people who decided, in the absence of the thought process, let's just cut the Department of Defense and all the Federal agencies, see what happens. These are the people who represented us in the negotiations that created the tactic of sequestering our government agencies because of binge spending.

If this were the first time we got a hangover from binging, we could be somewhat understanding. But, after 4 years, the United States of America does not have a federal budget. The United States Congress has not passed a budget since 2009. If we had a budget, and it contained tactical cuts, federal agencies could plan. Yet, Congress put off getting a budget agreement until after the elections. We keep on doing what we know will cause the hangover. The people we elected are unable to agree on a budget to run our country. Did you know this? Would you let your household, your business, our city or state run without a budget for four years?

So ask yourself, who benefits if we do nothing? If our government does not pass a budget with cuts in spending, and tax hikes, who benefits? Come on - who benefits from status quo? The sequester will not touch the debt crisis. It does not touch over 50% of our debt problems, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. The sequester is a message to America from Congress; tell us what to do. Let's take Congress and the President up on this challenge.

Tip O'Neil, Speaker of the House in a different era, advised all Americans to think globally and act locally. Let's look at an example of what we were facing with Spaceport America a month ago. If we did not craft good Informed Consent legislation, our anchor tenant would not be able to operate. The state would have a $210 million dollar state asset that will have a limited function. We averted this scenario. How? We worked together in harmony to educate and listen to each other. We came up with legislation that will get us to the next step and continue on evolving commercial human space travel in our state and nation. We created a win win - together.

So what's our next step here? We have to start talking directly to our legislators in Washington. Focus on what you know well, if you are an educator, let our federal legislators know what you want in a budget for our country no later than 2014. Same thing if you are a city worker, a federal employee, a car dealer or a restaurant owner. Talk about what you know, send a message. We want a budget. You see, this year, Fiscal Year 2013, is half over. We will not get a budget this year either. If we let our elected representatives know what we want, and they still don't act, our choices are clear in the next election cycle.

I was in Washington, DC last week. My purpose was to deliver a message personally to our congressional delegation. The federal programs I work on have been operating as if under sequester for over a year. We, the people who work in the states on the business of the government, how their budgets are doing. The folks at WSTF, WSMR, the Forest Service and the Border Patrol, they get it. They were told a year ago to submit budgets with sequester in place. They are operating as if they have been under sequester already. The FAA is going to cut services to smaller airports. Government furloughs will effect everything from passport processing to Visa requests.

The true damage of the sequester will not be known until it is over. I was on Capitol Hill the day after we invaded Iraq. The Army was on the lawn of the Capitol with machine guns. On the same lawn, I saw a hundred students on Spring break. Ours is a great country, we can do better than this.

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 over. That is one way to look at the sequester. In the second case, the hangover, that is self- inflicted. We could argue that the sequester is a hangover in waiting. It is self-inflicted considering we live in a representative democracy. We elected the people who decided, in the absence of the thought process, let's just cut the Department of Defense and all the Federal agencies, see what happens. These are the people who represented us in the negotiations that created the tactic of sequestering our government agencies because of binge spending.

If this were the first time we got a hangover from binging, we could be somewhat understanding. But, after 4 years, the United States of America does not have a federal budget. The United States Congress has not passed a budget since 2009. If we had a budget, and it contained tactical cuts, federal agencies could plan. Yet, Congress put off getting a budget agreement until after the elections. We keep on doing what we know will cause the hangover. The people we elected are unable to agree on a budget to run our country. Did you know this? Would you let your household, your business, our city or state run without a budget for four years?

So ask yourself, who benefits if we do nothing? If our government does not pass a budget with cuts in spending, and tax hikes, who benefits? Come on - who benefits from status quo? The sequester will not touch the debt crisis. It does not touch over 50% of our debt problems, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. The sequester is a message to America from Congress; tell us what to do. Let's take Congress and the President up on this challenge.

Tip O'Neil, Speaker of the House in a different era, advised all Americans to think globally and act locally. Let's look at an example of what we were facing with Spaceport America a month ago. If we did not craft good Informed Consent legislation, our anchor tenant would not be able to operate. The state would have a $210 million dollar state asset that will have a limited function. We averted this scenario. How? We worked together in harmony to educate and listen to each other. We came up with legislation that will get us to the next step and continue on evolving commercial human space travel in our state and nation. We created a win win - together.

So what's our next step here? We have to start talking directly to our legislators in Washington. Focus on what you know well, if you are an educator, let our federal legislators know what you want in a budget for our country no later than 2014. Same thing if you are a city worker, a federal employee, a car dealer or a restaurant owner. Talk about what you know, send a message. We want a budget. You see, this year, Fiscal Year 2013, is half over. We will not get a budget this year either. If we let our elected representatives know what we want, and they still don't act, our choices are clear in the next election cycle.

I was in Washington, DC last week. My purpose was to deliver a message personally to our congressional delegation. The federal programs I work on have been operating as if under sequester for over a year. We, the people who work in the states on the business of the government, how their budgets are doing. The folks at WSTF, WSMR, the Forest Service and the Border Patrol, they get it. They were told a year ago to submit budgets with sequester in place. They are operating as if they have been under sequester already. The FAA is going to cut services to smaller airports. Government furloughs will effect everything from passport processing to Visa requests.

The true damage of the sequester will not be known until it is over. I was on Capitol Hill the day after we invaded Iraq. The Army was on the lawn of the Capitol with machine guns. On the same lawn, I saw a hundred students on Spring break. Ours is a great country, we can do better than this.

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 over. That is one way to look at the sequester. In the second case, the hangover, that is self- inflicted. We could argue that the sequester is a hangover in waiting. It is self-inflicted considering we live in a representative democracy. We elected the people who decided, in the absence of the thought process, let's just cut the Department of Defense and all the Federal agencies, see what happens. These are the people who represented us in the negotiations that created the tactic of sequestering our government agencies because of binge spending.

If this were the first time we got a hangover from binging, we could be somewhat understanding. But, after 4 years, the United States of America does not have a federal budget. The United States Congress has not passed a budget since 2009. If we had a budget, and it contained tactical cuts, federal agencies could plan. Yet, Congress put off getting a budget agreement until after the elections. We keep on doing what we know will cause the hangover. The people we elected are unable to agree on a budget to run our country. Did you know this? Would you let your household, your business, our city or state run without a budget for four years?

So ask yourself, who benefits if we do nothing? If our government does not pass a budget with cuts in spending, and tax hikes, who benefits? Come on - who benefits from status quo? The sequester will not touch the debt crisis. It does not touch over 50% of our debt problems, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. The sequester is a message to America from Congress; tell us what to do. Let's take Congress and the President up on this challenge.

Tip O'Neil, Speaker of the House in a different era, advised all Americans to think globally and act locally. Let's look at an example of what we were facing with Spaceport America a month ago. If we did not craft good Informed Consent legislation, our anchor tenant would not be able to operate. The state would have a $210 million dollar state asset that will have a limited function. We averted this scenario. How? We worked together in harmony to educate and listen to each other. We came up with legislation that will get us to the next step and continue on evolving commercial human space travel in our state and nation. We created a win win - together.

So what's our next step here? We have to start talking directly to our legislators in Washington. Focus on what you know well, if you are an educator, let our federal legislators know what you want in a budget for our country no later than 2014. Same thing if you are a city worker, a federal employee, a car dealer or a restaurant owner. Talk about what you know, send a message. We want a budget. You see, this year, Fiscal Year 2013, is half over. We will not get a budget this year either. If we let our elected representatives know what we want, and they still don't act, our choices are clear in the next election cycle.

I was in Washington, DC last week. My purpose was to deliver a message personally to our congressional delegation. The federal programs I work on have been operating as if under sequester for over a year. We, the people who work in the states on the business of the government, how their budgets are doing. The folks at WSTF, WSMR, the Forest Service and the Border Patrol, they get it. They were told a year ago to submit budgets with sequester in place. They are operating as if they have been under sequester already. The FAA is going to cut services to smaller airports. Government furloughs will effect everything from passport processing to Visa requests.

The true damage of the sequester will not be known until it is over. I was on Capitol Hill the day after we invaded Iraq. The Army was on the lawn of the Capitol with machine guns. On the same lawn, I saw a hundred students on Spring break. Ours is a great country, we can do better than this.

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 over. That is one way to look at the sequester. In the second case, the hangover, that is self- inflicted. We could argue that the sequester is a hangover in waiting. It is self-inflicted considering we live in a representative democracy. We elected the people who decided, in the absence of the thought process, let's just cut the Department of Defense and all the Federal agencies, see what happens. These are the people who represented us in the negotiations that created the tactic of sequestering our government agencies because of binge spending.

If this were the first time we got a hangover from binging, we could be somewhat understanding. But, after 4 years, the United States of America does not have a federal budget. The United States Congress has not passed a budget since 2009. If we had a budget, and it contained tactical cuts, federal agencies could plan. Yet, Congress put off getting a budget agreement until after the elections. We keep on doing what we know will cause the hangover. The people we elected are unable to agree on a budget to run our country. Did you know this? Would you let your household, your business, our city or state run without a budget for four years?

So ask yourself, who benefits if we do nothing? If our government does not pass a budget with cuts in spending, and tax hikes, who benefits? Come on - who benefits from status quo? The sequester will not touch the debt crisis. It does not touch over 50% of our debt problems, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. The sequester is a message to America from Congress; tell us what to do. Let's take Congress and the President up on this challenge.

Tip O'Neil, Speaker of the House in a different era, advised all Americans to think globally and act locally. Let's look at an example of what we were facing with Spaceport America a month ago. If we did not craft good Informed Consent legislation, our anchor tenant would not be able to operate. The state would have a $210 million dollar state asset that will have a limited function. We averted this scenario. How? We worked together in harmony to educate and listen to each other. We came up with legislation that will get us to the next step and continue on evolving commercial human space travel in our state and nation. We created a win win - together.

So what's our next step here? We have to start talking directly to our legislators in Washington. Focus on what you know well, if you are an educator, let our federal legislators know what you want in a budget for our country no later than 2014. Same thing if you are a city worker, a federal employee, a car dealer or a restaurant owner. Talk about what you know, send a message. We want a budget. You see, this year, Fiscal Year 2013, is half over. We will not get a budget this year either. If we let our elected representatives know what we want, and they still don't act, our choices are clear in the next election cycle.

I was in Washington, DC last week. My purpose was to deliver a message personally to our congressional delegation. The federal programs I work on have been operating as if under sequester for over a year. We, the people who work in the states on the business of the government, how their budgets are doing. The folks at WSTF, WSMR, the Forest Service and the Border Patrol, they get it. They were told a year ago to submit budgets with sequester in place. They are operating as if they have been under sequester already. The FAA is going to cut services to smaller airports. Government furloughs will effect everything from passport processing to Visa requests.

The true damage of the sequester will not be known until it is over. I was on Capitol Hill the day after we invaded Iraq. The Army was on the lawn of the Capitol with machine guns. On the same lawn, I saw a hundred students on Spring break. Ours is a great country, we can do better than this.

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 over. That is one way to look at the sequester. In the second case, the hangover, that is self- inflicted. We could argue that the sequester is a hangover in waiting. It is self-inflicted considering we live in a representative democracy. We elected the people who decided, in the absence of the thought process, let's just cut the Department of Defense and all the Federal agencies, see what happens. These are the people who represented us in the negotiations that created the tactic of sequestering our government agencies because of binge spending.

If this were the first time we got a hangover from binging, we could be somewhat understanding. But, after 4 years, the United States of America does not have a federal budget. The United States Congress has not passed a budget since 2009. If we had a budget, and it contained tactical cuts, federal agencies could plan. Yet, Congress put off getting a budget agreement until after the elections. We keep on doing what we know will cause the hangover. The people we elected are unable to agree on a budget to run our country. Did you know this? Would you let your household, your business, our city or state run without a budget for four years?

So ask yourself, who benefits if we do nothing? If our government does not pass a budget with cuts in spending, and tax hikes, who benefits? Come on - who benefits from status quo? The sequester will not touch the debt crisis. It does not touch over 50% of our debt problems, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. The sequester is a message to America from Congress; tell us what to do. Let's take Congress and the President up on this challenge.

Tip O'Neil, Speaker of the House in a different era, advised all Americans to think globally and act locally. Let's look at an example of what we were facing with Spaceport America a month ago. If we did not craft good Informed Consent legislation, our anchor tenant would not be able to operate. The state would have a $210 million dollar state asset that will have a limited function. We averted this scenario. How? We worked together in harmony to educate and listen to each other. We came up with legislation that will get us to the next step and continue on evolving commercial human space travel in our state and nation. We created a win win - together.

So what's our next step here? We have to start talking directly to our legislators in Washington. Focus on what you know well, if you are an educator, let our federal legislators know what you want in a budget for our country no later than 2014. Same thing if you are a city worker, a federal employee, a car dealer or a restaurant owner. Talk about what you know, send a message. We want a budget. You see, this year, Fiscal Year 2013, is half over. We will not get a budget this year either. If we let our elected representatives know what we want, and they still don't act, our choices are clear in the next election cycle.

I was in Washington, DC last week. My purpose was to deliver a message personally to our congressional delegation. The federal programs I work on have been operating as if under sequester for over a year. We, the people who work in the states on the business of the government, how their budgets are doing. The folks at WSTF, WSMR, the Forest Service and the Border Patrol, they get it. They were told a year ago to submit budgets with sequester in place. They are operating as if they have been under sequester already. The FAA is going to cut services to smaller airports. Government furloughs will effect everything from passport processing to Visa requests.

The true damage of the sequester will not be known until it is over. I was on Capitol Hill the day after we invaded Iraq. The Army was on the lawn of the Capitol with machine guns. On the same lawn, I saw a hundred students on Spring break. Ours is a great country, we can do better than this.

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 over. That is one way to look at the sequester. In the second case, the hangover, that is self- inflicted. We could argue that the sequester is a hangover in waiting. It is self-inflicted considering we live in a representative democracy. We elected the people who decided, in the absence of the thought process, let's just cut the Department of Defense and all the Federal agencies, see what happens. These are the people who represented us in the negotiations that created the tactic of sequestering our government agencies because of binge spending.

If this were the first time we got a hangover from binging, we could be somewhat understanding. But, after 4 years, the United States of America does not have a federal budget. The United States Congress has not passed a budget since 2009. If we had a budget, and it contained tactical cuts, federal agencies could plan. Yet, Congress put off getting a budget agreement until after the elections. We keep on doing what we know will cause the hangover. The people we elected are unable to agree on a budget to run our country. Did you know this? Would you let your household, your business, our city or state run without a budget for four years?

So ask yourself, who benefits if we do nothing? If our government does not pass a budget with cuts in spending, and tax hikes, who benefits? Come on - who benefits from status quo? The sequester will not touch the debt crisis. It does not touch over 50% of our debt problems, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. The sequester is a message to America from Congress; tell us what to do. Let's take Congress and the President up on this challenge.

Tip O'Neil, Speaker of the House in a different era, advised all Americans to think globally and act locally. Let's look at an example of what we were facing with Spaceport America a month ago. If we did not craft good Informed Consent legislation, our anchor tenant would not be able to operate. The state would have a $210 million dollar state asset that will have a limited function. We averted this scenario. How? We worked together in harmony to educate and listen to each other. We came up with legislation that will get us to the next step and continue on evolving commercial human space travel in our state and nation. We created a win win - together.

So what's our next step here? We have to start talking directly to our legislators in Washington. Focus on what you know well, if you are an educator, let our federal legislators know what you want in a budget for our country no later than 2014. Same thing if you are a city worker, a federal employee, a car dealer or a restaurant owner. Talk about what you know, send a message. We want a budget. You see, this year, Fiscal Year 2013, is half over. We will not get a budget this year either. If we let our elected representatives know what we want, and they still don't act, our choices are clear in the next election cycle.

I was in Washington, DC last week. My purpose was to deliver a message personally to our congressional delegation. The federal programs I work on have been operating as if under sequester for over a year. We, the people who work in the states on the business of the government, how their budgets are doing. The folks at WSTF, WSMR, the Forest Service and the Border Patrol, they get it. They were told a year ago to submit budgets with sequester in place. They are operating as if they have been under sequester already. The FAA is going to cut services to smaller airports. Government furloughs will effect everything from passport processing to Visa requests.

The true damage of the sequester will not be known until it is over. I was on Capitol Hill the day after we invaded Iraq. The Army was on the lawn of the Capitol with machine guns. On the same lawn, I saw a hundred students on Spring break. Ours is a great country, we can do better than this.

The TV remote control/bottle opener, the swivel passenger car seat, or the battery operated twirling spaghetti fork? You know it, I'll bet at least once you've thought of some cool invention and then let it slip away into the graveyard of great ideas. Lauren Rojas, a seventh grader from Antioch California had a great idea for her science project and she sent it near space. Why didn't I think of this?

Her video link is below. If you have a chance to go to this website, this video may brighten your day. If you are at your computer reading this article, I won't be offended if you stop reading for a 4 minute inspiring story.  http://www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-news/ci_22543691/hello-kitty-says-hello-space-thanks-antioch-teens
In this column, I have not shied away from asking the tough question, why go to space? Watch this video, and see why the question won't go away.

Fans of the TV show Mad Men got a glimpse into the back room of the advertising business. Ad people can get us to be passionately connected to a phone or a car. They tell us a story or create a product we didn't even know we wanted. But we do.

The New Mexico Space Grant Student Launch program sent 5 experiments to near space in a very similar way to Lauren's. You can view our video and photographs of our 2009 campaign at this website http://www.launchnm.com/summer_institute_2009.php . The difference between our campaign and Lauren's is a doll, Hello Kitty.

Lauren put her experiment together and packaged it, just like we did during our campaign. Except Lauren went one more step. She did something thirteen year olds do. Lauren made a rocket and put her favorite doll in it. The rocket looks like a mini-V2. She cut a hole in the front of the rocket and put her in her Hello Kitty doll in the hole so it could peek out. Then she attached the rocket to a small arm platform and attached the platform to her experiment container. Her experiment measured temperature, altitude. We did that. She had 4 cameras in her experiment, filming her flight. We did that. Oh, except, she had one camera trained on Hello Kitty for the entire ride. Hello Kitty got to see the curvature of the earth, experience high altitude winds - which did not mess up her hair even. Now Lauren and Hello Kitty are famous. Hello Kitty got over 300,000 hits on Youtube. How come?

It's the sizzle stupid, not the steak. In the advertising world, the message is clear - sell the sizzle not the steak. Hello Kitty is very cute and my wake up call. It's hard to make a rocket cute and fun, but she did it. There is attraction to working a problem, even tough problems. People love the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. It's the challenge - battle. I get up each day, hungry to get this space program to the next level for New Mexicans - and if it means having more fun, well, alright, I'll do it.

Ok, here's a little steak. The FAA released the Compendium of Commercial Space Transportation. It can be found at http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/media/The_Annual_Compendium_of_Commercial_Space_Transporation_2012.pdf . This report is published annually. The Associate Administrator of the FAA Commercial Space Transportation division George Nield wrote, The compendium is structured in a way to tell the commercial space industry story: first describing the important participants (including orbital and suborbital launch vehicles, spaceports, and beyond-Earth-orbit commercial ventures), next covering the environment in which they must operate (including regulations, policies, and financing), and finally providing a status of the industry's progress and an outlook for what the future may portend."

For those of you in our community who want to put our commercial space efforts in New Mexico into context with not only other states but other nations, this report provides the facts you will want. I have sent this report to our legislators. It is best they are well informed as we progress forward in this industry. If you would like to look at the 3 vehicles that will operate out of Spaceport America, go to pages 135-137. Spaceport America is covered on page 150. I believe having realistic expectations based on good research helps most of us make good decisions.

Final thoughts for the week, if you think it you can - do it. Tell me if you put a good idea into motion. I'll share it next article.

The TV remote control/bottle opener, the swivel passenger car seat, or the battery operated twirling spaghetti fork? You know it, I'll bet at least once you've thought of some cool invention and then let it slip away into the graveyard of great ideas. Lauren Rojas, a seventh grader from Antioch California had a great idea for her science project and she sent it near space. Why didn't I think of this?

Her video link is below. If you have a chance to go to this website, this video may brighten your day. If you are at your computer reading this article, I won't be offended if you stop reading for a 4 minute inspiring story.  http://www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-news/ci_22543691/hello-kitty-says-hello-space-thanks-antioch-teens
In this column, I have not shied away from asking the tough question, why go to space? Watch this video, and see why the question won't go away.

Fans of the TV show Mad Men got a glimpse into the back room of the advertising business. Ad people can get us to be passionately connected to a phone or a car. They tell us a story or create a product we didn't even know we wanted. But we do.

The New Mexico Space Grant Student Launch program sent 5 experiments to near space in a very similar way to Lauren's. You can view our video and photographs of our 2009 campaign at this website http://www.launchnm.com/summer_institute_2009.php . The difference between our campaign and Lauren's is a doll, Hello Kitty.

Lauren put her experiment together and packaged it, just like we did during our campaign. Except Lauren went one more step. She did something thirteen year olds do. Lauren made a rocket and put her favorite doll in it. The rocket looks like a mini-V2. She cut a hole in the front of the rocket and put her in her Hello Kitty doll in the hole so it could peek out. Then she attached the rocket to a small arm platform and attached the platform to her experiment container. Her experiment measured temperature, altitude. We did that. She had 4 cameras in her experiment, filming her flight. We did that. Oh, except, she had one camera trained on Hello Kitty for the entire ride. Hello Kitty got to see the curvature of the earth, experience high altitude winds - which did not mess up her hair even. Now Lauren and Hello Kitty are famous. Hello Kitty got over 300,000 hits on Youtube. How come?

It's the sizzle stupid, not the steak. In the advertising world, the message is clear - sell the sizzle not the steak. Hello Kitty is very cute and my wake up call. It's hard to make a rocket cute and fun, but she did it. There is attraction to working a problem, even tough problems. People love the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. It's the challenge - battle. I get up each day, hungry to get this space program to the next level for New Mexicans - and if it means having more fun, well, alright, I'll do it.

Ok, here's a little steak. The FAA released the Compendium of Commercial Space Transportation. It can be found at http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/media/The_Annual_Compendium_of_Commercial_Space_Transporation_2012.pdf . This report is published annually. The Associate Administrator of the FAA Commercial Space Transportation division George Nield wrote, The compendium is structured in a way to tell the commercial space industry story: first describing the important participants (including orbital and suborbital launch vehicles, spaceports, and beyond-Earth-orbit commercial ventures), next covering the environment in which they must operate (including regulations, policies, and financing), and finally providing a status of the industry's progress and an outlook for what the future may portend."

For those of you in our community who want to put our commercial space efforts in New Mexico into context with not only other states but other nations, this report provides the facts you will want. I have sent this report to our legislators. It is best they are well informed as we progress forward in this industry. If you would like to look at the 3 vehicles that will operate out of Spaceport America, go to pages 135-137. Spaceport America is covered on page 150. I believe having realistic expectations based on good research helps most of us make good decisions.

Final thoughts for the week, if you think it you can - do it. Tell me if you put a good idea into motion. I'll share it next article.

The TV remote control/bottle opener, the swivel passenger car seat, or the battery operated twirling spaghetti fork? You know it, I'll bet at least once you've thought of some cool invention and then let it slip away into the graveyard of great ideas. Lauren Rojas, a seventh grader from Antioch California had a great idea for her science project and she sent it near space. Why didn't I think of this?

Her video link is below. If you have a chance to go to this website, this video may brighten your day. If you are at your computer reading this article, I won't be offended if you stop reading for a 4 minute inspiring story.  http://www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-news/ci_22543691/hello-kitty-says-hello-space-thanks-antioch-teens
In this column, I have not shied away from asking the tough question, why go to space? Watch this video, and see why the question won't go away.

Fans of the TV show Mad Men got a glimpse into the back room of the advertising business. Ad people can get us to be passionately connected to a phone or a car. They tell us a story or create a product we didn't even know we wanted. But we do.

The New Mexico Space Grant Student Launch program sent 5 experiments to near space in a very similar way to Lauren's. You can view our video and photographs of our 2009 campaign at this website http://www.launchnm.com/summer_institute_2009.php . The difference between our campaign and Lauren's is a doll, Hello Kitty.

Lauren put her experiment together and packaged it, just like we did during our campaign. Except Lauren went one more step. She did something thirteen year olds do. Lauren made a rocket and put her favorite doll in it. The rocket looks like a mini-V2. She cut a hole in the front of the rocket and put her in her Hello Kitty doll in the hole so it could peek out. Then she attached the rocket to a small arm platform and attached the platform to her experiment container. Her experiment measured temperature, altitude. We did that. She had 4 cameras in her experiment, filming her flight. We did that. Oh, except, she had one camera trained on Hello Kitty for the entire ride. Hello Kitty got to see the curvature of the earth, experience high altitude winds - which did not mess up her hair even. Now Lauren and Hello Kitty are famous. Hello Kitty got over 300,000 hits on Youtube. How come?

It's the sizzle stupid, not the steak. In the advertising world, the message is clear - sell the sizzle not the steak. Hello Kitty is very cute and my wake up call. It's hard to make a rocket cute and fun, but she did it. There is attraction to working a problem, even tough problems. People love the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. It's the challenge - battle. I get up each day, hungry to get this space program to the next level for New Mexicans - and if it means having more fun, well, alright, I'll do it.

Ok, here's a little steak. The FAA released the Compendium of Commercial Space Transportation. It can be found at http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/media/The_Annual_Compendium_of_Commercial_Space_Transporation_2012.pdf . This report is published annually. The Associate Administrator of the FAA Commercial Space Transportation division George Nield wrote, The compendium is structured in a way to tell the commercial space industry story: first describing the important participants (including orbital and suborbital launch vehicles, spaceports, and beyond-Earth-orbit commercial ventures), next covering the environment in which they must operate (including regulations, policies, and financing), and finally providing a status of the industry's progress and an outlook for what the future may portend."

For those of you in our community who want to put our commercial space efforts in New Mexico into context with not only other states but other nations, this report provides the facts you will want. I have sent this report to our legislators. It is best they are well informed as we progress forward in this industry. If you would like to look at the 3 vehicles that will operate out of Spaceport America, go to pages 135-137. Spaceport America is covered on page 150. I believe having realistic expectations based on good research helps most of us make good decisions.

Final thoughts for the week, if you think it you can - do it. Tell me if you put a good idea into motion. I'll share it next article.

The TV remote control/bottle opener, the swivel passenger car seat, or the battery operated twirling spaghetti fork? You know it, I'll bet at least once you've thought of some cool invention and then let it slip away into the graveyard of great ideas. Lauren Rojas, a seventh grader from Antioch California had a great idea for her science project and she sent it near space. Why didn't I think of this?

Her video link is below. If you have a chance to go to this website, this video may brighten your day. If you are at your computer reading this article, I won't be offended if you stop reading for a 4 minute inspiring story.  http://www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-news/ci_22543691/hello-kitty-says-hello-space-thanks-antioch-teens
In this column, I have not shied away from asking the tough question, why go to space? Watch this video, and see why the question won't go away.

Fans of the TV show Mad Men got a glimpse into the back room of the advertising business. Ad people can get us to be passionately connected to a phone or a car. They tell us a story or create a product we didn't even know we wanted. But we do.

The New Mexico Space Grant Student Launch program sent 5 experiments to near space in a very similar way to Lauren's. You can view our video and photographs of our 2009 campaign at this website http://www.launchnm.com/summer_institute_2009.php . The difference between our campaign and Lauren's is a doll, Hello Kitty.

Lauren put her experiment together and packaged it, just like we did during our campaign. Except Lauren went one more step. She did something thirteen year olds do. Lauren made a rocket and put her favorite doll in it. The rocket looks like a mini-V2. She cut a hole in the front of the rocket and put her in her Hello Kitty doll in the hole so it could peek out. Then she attached the rocket to a small arm platform and attached the platform to her experiment container. Her experiment measured temperature, altitude. We did that. She had 4 cameras in her experiment, filming her flight. We did that. Oh, except, she had one camera trained on Hello Kitty for the entire ride. Hello Kitty got to see the curvature of the earth, experience high altitude winds - which did not mess up her hair even. Now Lauren and Hello Kitty are famous. Hello Kitty got over 300,000 hits on Youtube. How come?

It's the sizzle stupid, not the steak. In the advertising world, the message is clear - sell the sizzle not the steak. Hello Kitty is very cute and my wake up call. It's hard to make a rocket cute and fun, but she did it. There is attraction to working a problem, even tough problems. People love the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. It's the challenge - battle. I get up each day, hungry to get this space program to the next level for New Mexicans - and if it means having more fun, well, alright, I'll do it.

Ok, here's a little steak. The FAA released the Compendium of Commercial Space Transportation. It can be found at http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/media/The_Annual_Compendium_of_Commercial_Space_Transporation_2012.pdf . This report is published annually. The Associate Administrator of the FAA Commercial Space Transportation division George Nield wrote, The compendium is structured in a way to tell the commercial space industry story: first describing the important participants (including orbital and suborbital launch vehicles, spaceports, and beyond-Earth-orbit commercial ventures), next covering the environment in which they must operate (including regulations, policies, and financing), and finally providing a status of the industry's progress and an outlook for what the future may portend."

For those of you in our community who want to put our commercial space efforts in New Mexico into context with not only other states but other nations, this report provides the facts you will want. I have sent this report to our legislators. It is best they are well informed as we progress forward in this industry. If you would like to look at the 3 vehicles that will operate out of Spaceport America, go to pages 135-137. Spaceport America is covered on page 150. I believe having realistic expectations based on good research helps most of us make good decisions.

Final thoughts for the week, if you think it you can - do it. Tell me if you put a good idea into motion. I'll share it next article.

The TV remote control/bottle opener, the swivel passenger car seat, or the battery operated twirling spaghetti fork? You know it, I'll bet at least once you've thought of some cool invention and then let it slip away into the graveyard of great ideas. Lauren Rojas, a seventh grader from Antioch California had a great idea for her science project and she sent it near space. Why didn't I think of this?

Her video link is below. If you have a chance to go to this website, this video may brighten your day. If you are at your computer reading this article, I won't be offended if you stop reading for a 4 minute inspiring story.  http://www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-news/ci_22543691/hello-kitty-says-hello-space-thanks-antioch-teens
In this column, I have not shied away from asking the tough question, why go to space? Watch this video, and see why the question won't go away.

Fans of the TV show Mad Men got a glimpse into the back room of the advertising business. Ad people can get us to be passionately connected to a phone or a car. They tell us a story or create a product we didn't even know we wanted. But we do.

The New Mexico Space Grant Student Launch program sent 5 experiments to near space in a very similar way to Lauren's. You can view our video and photographs of our 2009 campaign at this website http://www.launchnm.com/summer_institute_2009.php . The difference between our campaign and Lauren's is a doll, Hello Kitty.

Lauren put her experiment together and packaged it, just like we did during our campaign. Except Lauren went one more step. She did something thirteen year olds do. Lauren made a rocket and put her favorite doll in it. The rocket looks like a mini-V2. She cut a hole in the front of the rocket and put her in her Hello Kitty doll in the hole so it could peek out. Then she attached the rocket to a small arm platform and attached the platform to her experiment container. Her experiment measured temperature, altitude. We did that. She had 4 cameras in her experiment, filming her flight. We did that. Oh, except, she had one camera trained on Hello Kitty for the entire ride. Hello Kitty got to see the curvature of the earth, experience high altitude winds - which did not mess up her hair even. Now Lauren and Hello Kitty are famous. Hello Kitty got over 300,000 hits on Youtube. How come?

It's the sizzle stupid, not the steak. In the advertising world, the message is clear - sell the sizzle not the steak. Hello Kitty is very cute and my wake up call. It's hard to make a rocket cute and fun, but she did it. There is attraction to working a problem, even tough problems. People love the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. It's the challenge - battle. I get up each day, hungry to get this space program to the next level for New Mexicans - and if it means having more fun, well, alright, I'll do it.

Ok, here's a little steak. The FAA released the Compendium of Commercial Space Transportation. It can be found at http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/media/The_Annual_Compendium_of_Commercial_Space_Transporation_2012.pdf . This report is published annually. The Associate Administrator of the FAA Commercial Space Transportation division George Nield wrote, The compendium is structured in a way to tell the commercial space industry story: first describing the important participants (including orbital and suborbital launch vehicles, spaceports, and beyond-Earth-orbit commercial ventures), next covering the environment in which they must operate (including regulations, policies, and financing), and finally providing a status of the industry's progress and an outlook for what the future may portend."

For those of you in our community who want to put our commercial space efforts in New Mexico into context with not only other states but other nations, this report provides the facts you will want. I have sent this report to our legislators. It is best they are well informed as we progress forward in this industry. If you would like to look at the 3 vehicles that will operate out of Spaceport America, go to pages 135-137. Spaceport America is covered on page 150. I believe having realistic expectations based on good research helps most of us make good decisions.

Final thoughts for the week, if you think it you can - do it. Tell me if you put a good idea into motion. I'll share it next article.

The TV remote control/bottle opener, the swivel passenger car seat, or the battery operated twirling spaghetti fork? You know it, I'll bet at least once you've thought of some cool invention and then let it slip away into the graveyard of great ideas. Lauren Rojas, a seventh grader from Antioch California had a great idea for her science project and she sent it near space. Why didn't I think of this?

Her video link is below. If you have a chance to go to this website, this video may brighten your day. If you are at your computer reading this article, I won't be offended if you stop reading for a 4 minute inspiring story.  http://www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-news/ci_22543691/hello-kitty-says-hello-space-thanks-antioch-teens
In this column, I have not shied away from asking the tough question, why go to space? Watch this video, and see why the question won't go away.

Fans of the TV show Mad Men got a glimpse into the back room of the advertising business. Ad people can get us to be passionately connected to a phone or a car. They tell us a story or create a product we didn't even know we wanted. But we do.

The New Mexico Space Grant Student Launch program sent 5 experiments to near space in a very similar way to Lauren's. You can view our video and photographs of our 2009 campaign at this website http://www.launchnm.com/summer_institute_2009.php . The difference between our campaign and Lauren's is a doll, Hello Kitty.

Lauren put her experiment together and packaged it, just like we did during our campaign. Except Lauren went one more step. She did something thirteen year olds do. Lauren made a rocket and put her favorite doll in it. The rocket looks like a mini-V2. She cut a hole in the front of the rocket and put her in her Hello Kitty doll in the hole so it could peek out. Then she attached the rocket to a small arm platform and attached the platform to her experiment container. Her experiment measured temperature, altitude. We did that. She had 4 cameras in her experiment, filming her flight. We did that. Oh, except, she had one camera trained on Hello Kitty for the entire ride. Hello Kitty got to see the curvature of the earth, experience high altitude winds - which did not mess up her hair even. Now Lauren and Hello Kitty are famous. Hello Kitty got over 300,000 hits on Youtube. How come?

It's the sizzle stupid, not the steak. In the advertising world, the message is clear - sell the sizzle not the steak. Hello Kitty is very cute and my wake up call. It's hard to make a rocket cute and fun, but she did it. There is attraction to working a problem, even tough problems. People love the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. It's the challenge - battle. I get up each day, hungry to get this space program to the next level for New Mexicans - and if it means having more fun, well, alright, I'll do it.

Ok, here's a little steak. The FAA released the Compendium of Commercial Space Transportation. It can be found at http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/media/The_Annual_Compendium_of_Commercial_Space_Transporation_2012.pdf . This report is published annually. The Associate Administrator of the FAA Commercial Space Transportation division George Nield wrote, The compendium is structured in a way to tell the commercial space industry story: first describing the important participants (including orbital and suborbital launch vehicles, spaceports, and beyond-Earth-orbit commercial ventures), next covering the environment in which they must operate (including regulations, policies, and financing), and finally providing a status of the industry's progress and an outlook for what the future may portend."

For those of you in our community who want to put our commercial space efforts in New Mexico into context with not only other states but other nations, this report provides the facts you will want. I have sent this report to our legislators. It is best they are well informed as we progress forward in this industry. If you would like to look at the 3 vehicles that will operate out of Spaceport America, go to pages 135-137. Spaceport America is covered on page 150. I believe having realistic expectations based on good research helps most of us make good decisions.

Final thoughts for the week, if you think it you can - do it. Tell me if you put a good idea into motion. I'll share it next article.

The TV remote control/bottle opener, the swivel passenger car seat, or the battery operated twirling spaghetti fork? You know it, I'll bet at least once you've thought of some cool invention and then let it slip away into the graveyard of great ideas. Lauren Rojas, a seventh grader from Antioch California had a great idea for her science project and she sent it near space. Why didn't I think of this?

Her video link is below. If you have a chance to go to this website, this video may brighten your day. If you are at your computer reading this article, I won't be offended if you stop reading for a 4 minute inspiring story.  http://www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-news/ci_22543691/hello-kitty-says-hello-space-thanks-antioch-teens
In this column, I have not shied away from asking the tough question, why go to space? Watch this video, and see why the question won't go away.

Fans of the TV show Mad Men got a glimpse into the back room of the advertising business. Ad people can get us to be passionately connected to a phone or a car. They tell us a story or create a product we didn't even know we wanted. But we do.

The New Mexico Space Grant Student Launch program sent 5 experiments to near space in a very similar way to Lauren's. You can view our video and photographs of our 2009 campaign at this website http://www.launchnm.com/summer_institute_2009.php . The difference between our campaign and Lauren's is a doll, Hello Kitty.

Lauren put her experiment together and packaged it, just like we did during our campaign. Except Lauren went one more step. She did something thirteen year olds do. Lauren made a rocket and put her favorite doll in it. The rocket looks like a mini-V2. She cut a hole in the front of the rocket and put her in her Hello Kitty doll in the hole so it could peek out. Then she attached the rocket to a small arm platform and attached the platform to her experiment container. Her experiment measured temperature, altitude. We did that. She had 4 cameras in her experiment, filming her flight. We did that. Oh, except, she had one camera trained on Hello Kitty for the entire ride. Hello Kitty got to see the curvature of the earth, experience high altitude winds - which did not mess up her hair even. Now Lauren and Hello Kitty are famous. Hello Kitty got over 300,000 hits on Youtube. How come?

It's the sizzle stupid, not the steak. In the advertising world, the message is clear - sell the sizzle not the steak. Hello Kitty is very cute and my wake up call. It's hard to make a rocket cute and fun, but she did it. There is attraction to working a problem, even tough problems. People love the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. It's the challenge - battle. I get up each day, hungry to get this space program to the next level for New Mexicans - and if it means having more fun, well, alright, I'll do it.

Ok, here's a little steak. The FAA released the Compendium of Commercial Space Transportation. It can be found at http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/media/The_Annual_Compendium_of_Commercial_Space_Transporation_2012.pdf . This report is published annually. The Associate Administrator of the FAA Commercial Space Transportation division George Nield wrote, The compendium is structured in a way to tell the commercial space industry story: first describing the important participants (including orbital and suborbital launch vehicles, spaceports, and beyond-Earth-orbit commercial ventures), next covering the environment in which they must operate (including regulations, policies, and financing), and finally providing a status of the industry's progress and an outlook for what the future may portend."

For those of you in our community who want to put our commercial space efforts in New Mexico into context with not only other states but other nations, this report provides the facts you will want. I have sent this report to our legislators. It is best they are well informed as we progress forward in this industry. If you would like to look at the 3 vehicles that will operate out of Spaceport America, go to pages 135-137. Spaceport America is covered on page 150. I believe having realistic expectations based on good research helps most of us make good decisions.

Final thoughts for the week, if you think it you can - do it. Tell me if you put a good idea into motion. I'll share it next article.

The TV remote control/bottle opener, the swivel passenger car seat, or the battery operated twirling spaghetti fork? You know it, I'll bet at least once you've thought of some cool invention and then let it slip away into the graveyard of great ideas. Lauren Rojas, a seventh grader from Antioch California had a great idea for her science project and she sent it near space. Why didn't I think of this?

Her video link is below. If you have a chance to go to this website, this video may brighten your day. If you are at your computer reading this article, I won't be offended if you stop reading for a 4 minute inspiring story.  http://www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-news/ci_22543691/hello-kitty-says-hello-space-thanks-antioch-teens
In this column, I have not shied away from asking the tough question, why go to space? Watch this video, and see why the question won't go away.

Fans of the TV show Mad Men got a glimpse into the back room of the advertising business. Ad people can get us to be passionately connected to a phone or a car. They tell us a story or create a product we didn't even know we wanted. But we do.

The New Mexico Space Grant Student Launch program sent 5 experiments to near space in a very similar way to Lauren's. You can view our video and photographs of our 2009 campaign at this website http://www.launchnm.com/summer_institute_2009.php . The difference between our campaign and Lauren's is a doll, Hello Kitty.

Lauren put her experiment together and packaged it, just like we did during our campaign. Except Lauren went one more step. She did something thirteen year olds do. Lauren made a rocket and put her favorite doll in it. The rocket looks like a mini-V2. She cut a hole in the front of the rocket and put her in her Hello Kitty doll in the hole so it could peek out. Then she attached the rocket to a small arm platform and attached the platform to her experiment container. Her experiment measured temperature, altitude. We did that. She had 4 cameras in her experiment, filming her flight. We did that. Oh, except, she had one camera trained on Hello Kitty for the entire ride. Hello Kitty got to see the curvature of the earth, experience high altitude winds - which did not mess up her hair even. Now Lauren and Hello Kitty are famous. Hello Kitty got over 300,000 hits on Youtube. How come?

It's the sizzle stupid, not the steak. In the advertising world, the message is clear - sell the sizzle not the steak. Hello Kitty is very cute and my wake up call. It's hard to make a rocket cute and fun, but she did it. There is attraction to working a problem, even tough problems. People love the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. It's the challenge - battle. I get up each day, hungry to get this space program to the next level for New Mexicans - and if it means having more fun, well, alright, I'll do it.

Ok, here's a little steak. The FAA released the Compendium of Commercial Space Transportation. It can be found at http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/media/The_Annual_Compendium_of_Commercial_Space_Transporation_2012.pdf . This report is published annually. The Associate Administrator of the FAA Commercial Space Transportation division George Nield wrote, The compendium is structured in a way to tell the commercial space industry story: first describing the important participants (including orbital and suborbital launch vehicles, spaceports, and beyond-Earth-orbit commercial ventures), next covering the environment in which they must operate (including regulations, policies, and financing), and finally providing a status of the industry's progress and an outlook for what the future may portend."

For those of you in our community who want to put our commercial space efforts in New Mexico into context with not only other states but other nations, this report provides the facts you will want. I have sent this report to our legislators. It is best they are well informed as we progress forward in this industry. If you would like to look at the 3 vehicles that will operate out of Spaceport America, go to pages 135-137. Spaceport America is covered on page 150. I believe having realistic expectations based on good research helps most of us make good decisions.

Final thoughts for the week, if you think it you can - do it. Tell me if you put a good idea into motion. I'll share it next article.

The TV remote control/bottle opener, the swivel passenger car seat, or the battery operated twirling spaghetti fork? You know it, I'll bet at least once you've thought of some cool invention and then let it slip away into the graveyard of great ideas. Lauren Rojas, a seventh grader from Antioch California had a great idea for her science project and she sent it near space. Why didn't I think of this?

Her video link is below. If you have a chance to go to this website, this video may brighten your day. If you are at your computer reading this article, I won't be offended if you stop reading for a 4 minute inspiring story.  http://www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-news/ci_22543691/hello-kitty-says-hello-space-thanks-antioch-teens
In this column, I have not shied away from asking the tough question, why go to space? Watch this video, and see why the question won't go away.

Fans of the TV show Mad Men got a glimpse into the back room of the advertising business. Ad people can get us to be passionately connected to a phone or a car. They tell us a story or create a product we didn't even know we wanted. But we do.

The New Mexico Space Grant Student Launch program sent 5 experiments to near space in a very similar way to Lauren's. You can view our video and photographs of our 2009 campaign at this website http://www.launchnm.com/summer_institute_2009.php . The difference between our campaign and Lauren's is a doll, Hello Kitty.

Lauren put her experiment together and packaged it, just like we did during our campaign. Except Lauren went one more step. She did something thirteen year olds do. Lauren made a rocket and put her favorite doll in it. The rocket looks like a mini-V2. She cut a hole in the front of the rocket and put her in her Hello Kitty doll in the hole so it could peek out. Then she attached the rocket to a small arm platform and attached the platform to her experiment container. Her experiment measured temperature, altitude. We did that. She had 4 cameras in her experiment, filming her flight. We did that. Oh, except, she had one camera trained on Hello Kitty for the entire ride. Hello Kitty got to see the curvature of the earth, experience high altitude winds - which did not mess up her hair even. Now Lauren and Hello Kitty are famous. Hello Kitty got over 300,000 hits on Youtube. How come?

It's the sizzle stupid, not the steak. In the advertising world, the message is clear - sell the sizzle not the steak. Hello Kitty is very cute and my wake up call. It's hard to make a rocket cute and fun, but she did it. There is attraction to working a problem, even tough problems. People love the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. It's the challenge - battle. I get up each day, hungry to get this space program to the next level for New Mexicans - and if it means having more fun, well, alright, I'll do it.

Ok, here's a little steak. The FAA released the Compendium of Commercial Space Transportation. It can be found at http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/media/The_Annual_Compendium_of_Commercial_Space_Transporation_2012.pdf . This report is published annually. The Associate Administrator of the FAA Commercial Space Transportation division George Nield wrote, The compendium is structured in a way to tell the commercial space industry story: first describing the important participants (including orbital and suborbital launch vehicles, spaceports, and beyond-Earth-orbit commercial ventures), next covering the environment in which they must operate (including regulations, policies, and financing), and finally providing a status of the industry's progress and an outlook for what the future may portend."

For those of you in our community who want to put our commercial space efforts in New Mexico into context with not only other states but other nations, this report provides the facts you will want. I have sent this report to our legislators. It is best they are well informed as we progress forward in this industry. If you would like to look at the 3 vehicles that will operate out of Spaceport America, go to pages 135-137. Spaceport America is covered on page 150. I believe having realistic expectations based on good research helps most of us make good decisions.

Final thoughts for the week, if you think it you can - do it. Tell me if you put a good idea into motion. I'll share it next article.

The TV remote control/bottle opener, the swivel passenger car seat, or the battery operated twirling spaghetti fork? You know it, I'll bet at least once you've thought of some cool invention and then let it slip away into the graveyard of great ideas. Lauren Rojas, a seventh grader from Antioch California had a great idea for her science project and she sent it near space. Why didn't I think of this?

Her video link is below. If you have a chance to go to this website, this video may brighten your day. If you are at your computer reading this article, I won't be offended if you stop reading for a 4 minute inspiring story.  http://www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-news/ci_22543691/hello-kitty-says-hello-space-thanks-antioch-teens
In this column, I have not shied away from asking the tough question, why go to space? Watch this video, and see why the question won't go away.

Fans of the TV show Mad Men got a glimpse into the back room of the advertising business. Ad people can get us to be passionately connected to a phone or a car. They tell us a story or create a product we didn't even know we wanted. But we do.

The New Mexico Space Grant Student Launch program sent 5 experiments to near space in a very similar way to Lauren's. You can view our video and photographs of our 2009 campaign at this website http://www.launchnm.com/summer_institute_2009.php . The difference between our campaign and Lauren's is a doll, Hello Kitty.

Lauren put her experiment together and packaged it, just like we did during our campaign. Except Lauren went one more step. She did something thirteen year olds do. Lauren made a rocket and put her favorite doll in it. The rocket looks like a mini-V2. She cut a hole in the front of the rocket and put her in her Hello Kitty doll in the hole so it could peek out. Then she attached the rocket to a small arm platform and attached the platform to her experiment container. Her experiment measured temperature, altitude. We did that. She had 4 cameras in her experiment, filming her flight. We did that. Oh, except, she had one camera trained on Hello Kitty for the entire ride. Hello Kitty got to see the curvature of the earth, experience high altitude winds - which did not mess up her hair even. Now Lauren and Hello Kitty are famous. Hello Kitty got over 300,000 hits on Youtube. How come?

It's the sizzle stupid, not the steak. In the advertising world, the message is clear - sell the sizzle not the steak. Hello Kitty is very cute and my wake up call. It's hard to make a rocket cute and fun, but she did it. There is attraction to working a problem, even tough problems. People love the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. It's the challenge - battle. I get up each day, hungry to get this space program to the next level for New Mexicans - and if it means having more fun, well, alright, I'll do it.

Ok, here's a little steak. The FAA released the Compendium of Commercial Space Transportation. It can be found at http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/media/The_Annual_Compendium_of_Commercial_Space_Transporation_2012.pdf . This report is published annually. The Associate Administrator of the FAA Commercial Space Transportation division George Nield wrote, The compendium is structured in a way to tell the commercial space industry story: first describing the important participants (including orbital and suborbital launch vehicles, spaceports, and beyond-Earth-orbit commercial ventures), next covering the environment in which they must operate (including regulations, policies, and financing), and finally providing a status of the industry's progress and an outlook for what the future may portend."

For those of you in our community who want to put our commercial space efforts in New Mexico into context with not only other states but other nations, this report provides the facts you will want. I have sent this report to our legislators. It is best they are well informed as we progress forward in this industry. If you would like to look at the 3 vehicles that will operate out of Spaceport America, go to pages 135-137. Spaceport America is covered on page 150. I believe having realistic expectations based on good research helps most of us make good decisions.

Final thoughts for the week, if you think it you can - do it. Tell me if you put a good idea into motion. I'll share it next article.

The TV remote control/bottle opener, the swivel passenger car seat, or the battery operated twirling spaghetti fork? You know it, I'll bet at least once you've thought of some cool invention and then let it slip away into the graveyard of great ideas. Lauren Rojas, a seventh grader from Antioch California had a great idea for her science project and she sent it near space. Why didn't I think of this?

Her video link is below. If you have a chance to go to this website, this video may brighten your day. If you are at your computer reading this article, I won't be offended if you stop reading for a 4 minute inspiring story.  http://www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-news/ci_22543691/hello-kitty-says-hello-space-thanks-antioch-teens
In this column, I have not shied away from asking the tough question, why go to space? Watch this video, and see why the question won't go away.

Fans of the TV show Mad Men got a glimpse into the back room of the advertising business. Ad people can get us to be passionately connected to a phone or a car. They tell us a story or create a product we didn't even know we wanted. But we do.

The New Mexico Space Grant Student Launch program sent 5 experiments to near space in a very similar way to Lauren's. You can view our video and photographs of our 2009 campaign at this website http://www.launchnm.com/summer_institute_2009.php . The difference between our campaign and Lauren's is a doll, Hello Kitty.

Lauren put her experiment together and packaged it, just like we did during our campaign. Except Lauren went one more step. She did something thirteen year olds do. Lauren made a rocket and put her favorite doll in it. The rocket looks like a mini-V2. She cut a hole in the front of the rocket and put her in her Hello Kitty doll in the hole so it could peek out. Then she attached the rocket to a small arm platform and attached the platform to her experiment container. Her experiment measured temperature, altitude. We did that. She had 4 cameras in her experiment, filming her flight. We did that. Oh, except, she had one camera trained on Hello Kitty for the entire ride. Hello Kitty got to see the curvature of the earth, experience high altitude winds - which did not mess up her hair even. Now Lauren and Hello Kitty are famous. Hello Kitty got over 300,000 hits on Youtube. How come?

It's the sizzle stupid, not the steak. In the advertising world, the message is clear - sell the sizzle not the steak. Hello Kitty is very cute and my wake up call. It's hard to make a rocket cute and fun, but she did it. There is attraction to working a problem, even tough problems. People love the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. It's the challenge - battle. I get up each day, hungry to get this space program to the next level for New Mexicans - and if it means having more fun, well, alright, I'll do it.

Ok, here's a little steak. The FAA released the Compendium of Commercial Space Transportation. It can be found at http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/media/The_Annual_Compendium_of_Commercial_Space_Transporation_2012.pdf . This report is published annually. The Associate Administrator of the FAA Commercial Space Transportation division George Nield wrote, The compendium is structured in a way to tell the commercial space industry story: first describing the important participants (including orbital and suborbital launch vehicles, spaceports, and beyond-Earth-orbit commercial ventures), next covering the environment in which they must operate (including regulations, policies, and financing), and finally providing a status of the industry's progress and an outlook for what the future may portend."

For those of you in our community who want to put our commercial space efforts in New Mexico into context with not only other states but other nations, this report provides the facts you will want. I have sent this report to our legislators. It is best they are well informed as we progress forward in this industry. If you would like to look at the 3 vehicles that will operate out of Spaceport America, go to pages 135-137. Spaceport America is covered on page 150. I believe having realistic expectations based on good research helps most of us make good decisions.

Final thoughts for the week, if you think it you can - do it. Tell me if you put a good idea into motion. I'll share it next article.

The TV remote control/bottle opener, the swivel passenger car seat, or the battery operated twirling spaghetti fork? You know it, I'll bet at least once you've thought of some cool invention and then let it slip away into the graveyard of great ideas. Lauren Rojas, a seventh grader from Antioch California had a great idea for her science project and she sent it near space. Why didn't I think of this?

Her video link is below. If you have a chance to go to this website, this video may brighten your day. If you are at your computer reading this article, I won't be offended if you stop reading for a 4 minute inspiring story.  http://www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-news/ci_22543691/hello-kitty-says-hello-space-thanks-antioch-teens
In this column, I have not shied away from asking the tough question, why go to space? Watch this video, and see why the question won't go away.

Fans of the TV show Mad Men got a glimpse into the back room of the advertising business. Ad people can get us to be passionately connected to a phone or a car. They tell us a story or create a product we didn't even know we wanted. But we do.

The New Mexico Space Grant Student Launch program sent 5 experiments to near space in a very similar way to Lauren's. You can view our video and photographs of our 2009 campaign at this website http://www.launchnm.com/summer_institute_2009.php . The difference between our campaign and Lauren's is a doll, Hello Kitty.

Lauren put her experiment together and packaged it, just like we did during our campaign. Except Lauren went one more step. She did something thirteen year olds do. Lauren made a rocket and put her favorite doll in it. The rocket looks like a mini-V2. She cut a hole in the front of the rocket and put her in her Hello Kitty doll in the hole so it could peek out. Then she attached the rocket to a small arm platform and attached the platform to her experiment container. Her experiment measured temperature, altitude. We did that. She had 4 cameras in her experiment, filming her flight. We did that. Oh, except, she had one camera trained on Hello Kitty for the entire ride. Hello Kitty got to see the curvature of the earth, experience high altitude winds - which did not mess up her hair even. Now Lauren and Hello Kitty are famous. Hello Kitty got over 300,000 hits on Youtube. How come?

It's the sizzle stupid, not the steak. In the advertising world, the message is clear - sell the sizzle not the steak. Hello Kitty is very cute and my wake up call. It's hard to make a rocket cute and fun, but she did it. There is attraction to working a problem, even tough problems. People love the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. It's the challenge - battle. I get up each day, hungry to get this space program to the next level for New Mexicans - and if it means having more fun, well, alright, I'll do it.

Ok, here's a little steak. The FAA released the Compendium of Commercial Space Transportation. It can be found at http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/media/The_Annual_Compendium_of_Commercial_Space_Transporation_2012.pdf . This report is published annually. The Associate Administrator of the FAA Commercial Space Transportation division George Nield wrote, The compendium is structured in a way to tell the commercial space industry story: first describing the important participants (including orbital and suborbital launch vehicles, spaceports, and beyond-Earth-orbit commercial ventures), next covering the environment in which they must operate (including regulations, policies, and financing), and finally providing a status of the industry's progress and an outlook for what the future may portend."

For those of you in our community who want to put our commercial space efforts in New Mexico into context with not only other states but other nations, this report provides the facts you will want. I have sent this report to our legislators. It is best they are well informed as we progress forward in this industry. If you would like to look at the 3 vehicles that will operate out of Spaceport America, go to pages 135-137. Spaceport America is covered on page 150. I believe having realistic expectations based on good research helps most of us make good decisions.

Final thoughts for the week, if you think it you can - do it. Tell me if you put a good idea into motion. I'll share it next article.

The TV remote control/bottle opener, the swivel passenger car seat, or the battery operated twirling spaghetti fork? You know it, I'll bet at least once you've thought of some cool invention and then let it slip away into the graveyard of great ideas. Lauren Rojas, a seventh grader from Antioch California had a great idea for her science project and she sent it near space. Why didn't I think of this?

Her video link is below. If you have a chance to go to this website, this video may brighten your day. If you are at your computer reading this article, I won't be offended if you stop reading for a 4 minute inspiring story.  http://www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-news/ci_22543691/hello-kitty-says-hello-space-thanks-antioch-teens
In this column, I have not shied away from asking the tough question, why go to space? Watch this video, and see why the question won't go away.

Fans of the TV show Mad Men got a glimpse into the back room of the advertising business. Ad people can get us to be passionately connected to a phone or a car. They tell us a story or create a product we didn't even know we wanted. But we do.

The New Mexico Space Grant Student Launch program sent 5 experiments to near space in a very similar way to Lauren's. You can view our video and photographs of our 2009 campaign at this website http://www.launchnm.com/summer_institute_2009.php . The difference between our campaign and Lauren's is a doll, Hello Kitty.

Lauren put her experiment together and packaged it, just like we did during our campaign. Except Lauren went one more step. She did something thirteen year olds do. Lauren made a rocket and put her favorite doll in it. The rocket looks like a mini-V2. She cut a hole in the front of the rocket and put her in her Hello Kitty doll in the hole so it could peek out. Then she attached the rocket to a small arm platform and attached the platform to her experiment container. Her experiment measured temperature, altitude. We did that. She had 4 cameras in her experiment, filming her flight. We did that. Oh, except, she had one camera trained on Hello Kitty for the entire ride. Hello Kitty got to see the curvature of the earth, experience high altitude winds - which did not mess up her hair even. Now Lauren and Hello Kitty are famous. Hello Kitty got over 300,000 hits on Youtube. How come?

It's the sizzle stupid, not the steak. In the advertising world, the message is clear - sell the sizzle not the steak. Hello Kitty is very cute and my wake up call. It's hard to make a rocket cute and fun, but she did it. There is attraction to working a problem, even tough problems. People love the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. It's the challenge - battle. I get up each day, hungry to get this space program to the next level for New Mexicans - and if it means having more fun, well, alright, I'll do it.

Ok, here's a little steak. The FAA released the Compendium of Commercial Space Transportation. It can be found at http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/media/The_Annual_Compendium_of_Commercial_Space_Transporation_2012.pdf . This report is published annually. The Associate Administrator of the FAA Commercial Space Transportation division George Nield wrote, The compendium is structured in a way to tell the commercial space industry story: first describing the important participants (including orbital and suborbital launch vehicles, spaceports, and beyond-Earth-orbit commercial ventures), next covering the environment in which they must operate (including regulations, policies, and financing), and finally providing a status of the industry's progress and an outlook for what the future may portend."

For those of you in our community who want to put our commercial space efforts in New Mexico into context with not only other states but other nations, this report provides the facts you will want. I have sent this report to our legislators. It is best they are well informed as we progress forward in this industry. If you would like to look at the 3 vehicles that will operate out of Spaceport America, go to pages 135-137. Spaceport America is covered on page 150. I believe having realistic expectations based on good research helps most of us make good decisions.

Final thoughts for the week, if you think it you can - do it. Tell me if you put a good idea into motion. I'll share it next article.

The TV remote control/bottle opener, the swivel passenger car seat, or the battery operated twirling spaghetti fork? You know it, I'll bet at least once you've thought of some cool invention and then let it slip away into the graveyard of great ideas. Lauren Rojas, a seventh grader from Antioch California had a great idea for her science project and she sent it near space. Why didn't I think of this?

Her video link is below. If you have a chance to go to this website, this video may brighten your day. If you are at your computer reading this article, I won't be offended if you stop reading for a 4 minute inspiring story.  http://www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-news/ci_22543691/hello-kitty-says-hello-space-thanks-antioch-teens
In this column, I have not shied away from asking the tough question, why go to space? Watch this video, and see why the question won't go away.

Fans of the TV show Mad Men got a glimpse into the back room of the advertising business. Ad people can get us to be passionately connected to a phone or a car. They tell us a story or create a product we didn't even know we wanted. But we do.

The New Mexico Space Grant Student Launch program sent 5 experiments to near space in a very similar way to Lauren's. You can view our video and photographs of our 2009 campaign at this website http://www.launchnm.com/summer_institute_2009.php . The difference between our campaign and Lauren's is a doll, Hello Kitty.

Lauren put her experiment together and packaged it, just like we did during our campaign. Except Lauren went one more step. She did something thirteen year olds do. Lauren made a rocket and put her favorite doll in it. The rocket looks like a mini-V2. She cut a hole in the front of the rocket and put her in her Hello Kitty doll in the hole so it could peek out. Then she attached the rocket to a small arm platform and attached the platform to her experiment container. Her experiment measured temperature, altitude. We did that. She had 4 cameras in her experiment, filming her flight. We did that. Oh, except, she had one camera trained on Hello Kitty for the entire ride. Hello Kitty got to see the curvature of the earth, experience high altitude winds - which did not mess up her hair even. Now Lauren and Hello Kitty are famous. Hello Kitty got over 300,000 hits on Youtube. How come?

It's the sizzle stupid, not the steak. In the advertising world, the message is clear - sell the sizzle not the steak. Hello Kitty is very cute and my wake up call. It's hard to make a rocket cute and fun, but she did it. There is attraction to working a problem, even tough problems. People love the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. It's the challenge - battle. I get up each day, hungry to get this space program to the next level for New Mexicans - and if it means having more fun, well, alright, I'll do it.

Ok, here's a little steak. The FAA released the Compendium of Commercial Space Transportation. It can be found at http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/media/The_Annual_Compendium_of_Commercial_Space_Transporation_2012.pdf . This report is published annually. The Associate Administrator of the FAA Commercial Space Transportation division George Nield wrote, The compendium is structured in a way to tell the commercial space industry story: first describing the important participants (including orbital and suborbital launch vehicles, spaceports, and beyond-Earth-orbit commercial ventures), next covering the environment in which they must operate (including regulations, policies, and financing), and finally providing a status of the industry's progress and an outlook for what the future may portend."

For those of you in our community who want to put our commercial space efforts in New Mexico into context with not only other states but other nations, this report provides the facts you will want. I have sent this report to our legislators. It is best they are well informed as we progress forward in this industry. If you would like to look at the 3 vehicles that will operate out of Spaceport America, go to pages 135-137. Spaceport America is covered on page 150. I believe having realistic expectations based on good research helps most of us make good decisions.

Final thoughts for the week, if you think it you can - do it. Tell me if you put a good idea into motion. I'll share it next article.

The TV remote control/bottle opener, the swivel passenger car seat, or the battery operated twirling spaghetti fork? You know it, I'll bet at least once you've thought of some cool invention and then let it slip away into the graveyard of great ideas. Lauren Rojas, a seventh grader from Antioch California had a great idea for her science project and she sent it near space. Why didn't I think of this?

Her video link is below. If you have a chance to go to this website, this video may brighten your day. If you are at your computer reading this article, I won't be offended if you stop reading for a 4 minute inspiring story.  http://www.insidebayarea.com/breaking-news/ci_22543691/hello-kitty-says-hello-space-thanks-antioch-teens
In this column, I have not shied away from asking the tough question, why go to space? Watch this video, and see why the question won't go away.

Fans of the TV show Mad Men got a glimpse into the back room of the advertising business. Ad people can get us to be passionately connected to a phone or a car. They tell us a story or create a product we didn't even know we wanted. But we do.

The New Mexico Space Grant Student Launch program sent 5 experiments to near space in a very similar way to Lauren's. You can view our video and photographs of our 2009 campaign at this website http://www.launchnm.com/summer_institute_2009.php . The difference between our campaign and Lauren's is a doll, Hello Kitty.

Lauren put her experiment together and packaged it, just like we did during our campaign. Except Lauren went one more step. She did something thirteen year olds do. Lauren made a rocket and put her favorite doll in it. The rocket looks like a mini-V2. She cut a hole in the front of the rocket and put her in her Hello Kitty doll in the hole so it could peek out. Then she attached the rocket to a small arm platform and attached the platform to her experiment container. Her experiment measured temperature, altitude. We did that. She had 4 cameras in her experiment, filming her flight. We did that. Oh, except, she had one camera trained on Hello Kitty for the entire ride. Hello Kitty got to see the curvature of the earth, experience high altitude winds - which did not mess up her hair even. Now Lauren and Hello Kitty are famous. Hello Kitty got over 300,000 hits on Youtube. How come?

It's the sizzle stupid, not the steak. In the advertising world, the message is clear - sell the sizzle not the steak. Hello Kitty is very cute and my wake up call. It's hard to make a rocket cute and fun, but she did it. There is attraction to working a problem, even tough problems. People love the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. It's the challenge - battle. I get up each day, hungry to get this space program to the next level for New Mexicans - and if it means having more fun, well, alright, I'll do it.

Ok, here's a little steak. The FAA released the Compendium of Commercial Space Transportation. It can be found at http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/media/The_Annual_Compendium_of_Commercial_Space_Transporation_2012.pdf . This report is published annually. The Associate Administrator of the FAA Commercial Space Transportation division George Nield wrote, The compendium is structured in a way to tell the commercial space industry story: first describing the important participants (including orbital and suborbital launch vehicles, spaceports, and beyond-Earth-orbit commercial ventures), next covering the environment in which they must operate (including regulations, policies, and financing), and finally providing a status of the industry's progress and an outlook for what the future may portend."

For those of you in our community who want to put our commercial space efforts in New Mexico into context with not only other states but other nations, this report provides the facts you will want. I have sent this report to our legislators. It is best they are well informed as we progress forward in this industry. If you would like to look at the 3 vehicles that will operate out of Spaceport America, go to pages 135-137. Spaceport America is covered on page 150. I believe having realistic expectations based on good research helps most of us make good decisions.

Final thoughts for the week, if you think it you can - do it. Tell me if you put a good idea into motion. I'll share it next article.

This week I was at the Capitol when Senate Bill passed the Informed Consent legislation. It allows for continuation of not only Spaceport America as a "platform" for commercial space transportation of humans into space, but also Virgin Galactic's "platforms", WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo. All three will provide leaps in human knowledge and a new foundation for human space transportation. Mankind has created 5 transportation industries; ground, sea, rail, air and space transportation. We use all of these industries to transport goods and people across the globe, and to space.

Henry Ford's new "platform", the Model T, transformed manufacturing, our road system, the oil and gas industry and spun off auto dealerships, and created the consumer automotive industry. Boeing's 707 "platform" transformed international travel, which spun off services like car rentals at airports, hotels designed for the traveling business executive and resort destinations like Disney World and Disney Europe.

Spaceport America will provide a new platform for thousands of personal experience for travelers who come to New Mexico. For a very small fee, they will participate in the emerging commercial space transportation industry. The space industry's platform for the consumer will first open in New Mexico. The visitor experience portion of the Spaceport America launch site will create an industry unto itself.

In 2008, I was at the launch of Shuttle Discovery STS 124. STS stands for Space Transportation System. This mission carried the Japanese Kibo "Hope" Laboratory, the first human research module to be installed on the International Space Station. Leading up to the launch, NASA took thousands of students to the launch site for individual tours of Kennedy Space Center, showed them films of the labs, and also provided time for the Japanese students to mingle with American students. On the morning of the launch, I was waiting in a very long line at Dunkin Donuts for a cup of coffee before heading back to the staging site for the busses that would take us to Banana Island. Banana Island was NASA's official visitor's observation for Shuttle launches. It was 4 miles from the Shuttle launch pad.

Behind me in line were two families from Canada. They were on vacation in Georgia and decided, on the spur of the moment, to drive to Florida to see the Shuttle launch. I was wearing my NASA 50 Year Anniversary pin. I always feel a sense of pride that I work with such an amazing agency as NASA. I turned to the people behind me and asked, who was it that talked the rest of you into coming? They all pointed to one of the husbands. I took off my pin and gave it to him on behalf of all the people who work at NASA. Tears and big smiles emerged simultaneously. As we talked and waited in line, I asked them where they were going to observe the launch. They had scouted a site on Coco Beach and were headed off to Wal-Mart for chairs, chips, sodas and a cooler. Thousands of tourists flocked to Coco Beach to just sit on the side of the freeway to watch the launch. Then they head off to Disney World, EPSOT Center, maybe visit the Astronaut Hall of Fame or the NASCAR race track.
On my flight home, I sat next to the District Manager for a Coke. He was headed to a meeting in Houston. I asked him how the company was strategizing for the shutdown of the Shuttle program in Florida. Visitors to Florida for each launch were calculated to be 10,000 plus. He looked at me like my hair just caught fire. "Whadday mean- shut down? I didn't know that."

The risk of evolving these new platforms, Spaceport America, WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo meet a high standard for platforms that will create leaps in human knowledge. On behalf of those who work on this project from our legislators to our Governor, congratulations on one a definitive step forward for New Mexico.

This week I was at the Capitol when Senate Bill passed the Informed Consent legislation. It allows for continuation of not only Spaceport America as a "platform" for commercial space transportation of humans into space, but also Virgin Galactic's "platforms", WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo. All three will provide leaps in human knowledge and a new foundation for human space transportation. Mankind has created 5 transportation industries; ground, sea, rail, air and space transportation. We use all of these industries to transport goods and people across the globe, and to space.

Henry Ford's new "platform", the Model T, transformed manufacturing, our road system, the oil and gas industry and spun off auto dealerships, and created the consumer automotive industry. Boeing's 707 "platform" transformed international travel, which spun off services like car rentals at airports, hotels designed for the traveling business executive and resort destinations like Disney World and Disney Europe.

Spaceport America will provide a new platform for thousands of personal experience for travelers who come to New Mexico. For a very small fee, they will participate in the emerging commercial space transportation industry. The space industry's platform for the consumer will first open in New Mexico. The visitor experience portion of the Spaceport America launch site will create an industry unto itself.

In 2008, I was at the launch of Shuttle Discovery STS 124. STS stands for Space Transportation System. This mission carried the Japanese Kibo "Hope" Laboratory, the first human research module to be installed on the International Space Station. Leading up to the launch, NASA took thousands of students to the launch site for individual tours of Kennedy Space Center, showed them films of the labs, and also provided time for the Japanese students to mingle with American students. On the morning of the launch, I was waiting in a very long line at Dunkin Donuts for a cup of coffee before heading back to the staging site for the busses that would take us to Banana Island. Banana Island was NASA's official visitor's observation for Shuttle launches. It was 4 miles from the Shuttle launch pad.

Behind me in line were two families from Canada. They were on vacation in Georgia and decided, on the spur of the moment, to drive to Florida to see the Shuttle launch. I was wearing my NASA 50 Year Anniversary pin. I always feel a sense of pride that I work with such an amazing agency as NASA. I turned to the people behind me and asked, who was it that talked the rest of you into coming? They all pointed to one of the husbands. I took off my pin and gave it to him on behalf of all the people who work at NASA. Tears and big smiles emerged simultaneously. As we talked and waited in line, I asked them where they were going to observe the launch. They had scouted a site on Coco Beach and were headed off to Wal-Mart for chairs, chips, sodas and a cooler. Thousands of tourists flocked to Coco Beach to just sit on the side of the freeway to watch the launch. Then they head off to Disney World, EPSOT Center, maybe visit the Astronaut Hall of Fame or the NASCAR race track.
On my flight home, I sat next to the District Manager for a Coke. He was headed to a meeting in Houston. I asked him how the company was strategizing for the shutdown of the Shuttle program in Florida. Visitors to Florida for each launch were calculated to be 10,000 plus. He looked at me like my hair just caught fire. "Whadday mean- shut down? I didn't know that."

The risk of evolving these new platforms, Spaceport America, WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo meet a high standard for platforms that will create leaps in human knowledge. On behalf of those who work on this project from our legislators to our Governor, congratulations on one a definitive step forward for New Mexico.

This week I was at the Capitol when Senate Bill passed the Informed Consent legislation. It allows for continuation of not only Spaceport America as a "platform" for commercial space transportation of humans into space, but also Virgin Galactic's "platforms", WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo. All three will provide leaps in human knowledge and a new foundation for human space transportation. Mankind has created 5 transportation industries; ground, sea, rail, air and space transportation. We use all of these industries to transport goods and people across the globe, and to space.

Henry Ford's new "platform", the Model T, transformed manufacturing, our road system, the oil and gas industry and spun off auto dealerships, and created the consumer automotive industry. Boeing's 707 "platform" transformed international travel, which spun off services like car rentals at airports, hotels designed for the traveling business executive and resort destinations like Disney World and Disney Europe.

Spaceport America will provide a new platform for thousands of personal experience for travelers who come to New Mexico. For a very small fee, they will participate in the emerging commercial space transportation industry. The space industry's platform for the consumer will first open in New Mexico. The visitor experience portion of the Spaceport America launch site will create an industry unto itself.

In 2008, I was at the launch of Shuttle Discovery STS 124. STS stands for Space Transportation System. This mission carried the Japanese Kibo "Hope" Laboratory, the first human research module to be installed on the International Space Station. Leading up to the launch, NASA took thousands of students to the launch site for individual tours of Kennedy Space Center, showed them films of the labs, and also provided time for the Japanese students to mingle with American students. On the morning of the launch, I was waiting in a very long line at Dunkin Donuts for a cup of coffee before heading back to the staging site for the busses that would take us to Banana Island. Banana Island was NASA's official visitor's observation for Shuttle launches. It was 4 miles from the Shuttle launch pad.

Behind me in line were two families from Canada. They were on vacation in Georgia and decided, on the spur of the moment, to drive to Florida to see the Shuttle launch. I was wearing my NASA 50 Year Anniversary pin. I always feel a sense of pride that I work with such an amazing agency as NASA. I turned to the people behind me and asked, who was it that talked the rest of you into coming? They all pointed to one of the husbands. I took off my pin and gave it to him on behalf of all the people who work at NASA. Tears and big smiles emerged simultaneously. As we talked and waited in line, I asked them where they were going to observe the launch. They had scouted a site on Coco Beach and were headed off to Wal-Mart for chairs, chips, sodas and a cooler. Thousands of tourists flocked to Coco Beach to just sit on the side of the freeway to watch the launch. Then they head off to Disney World, EPSOT Center, maybe visit the Astronaut Hall of Fame or the NASCAR race track.
On my flight home, I sat next to the District Manager for a Coke. He was headed to a meeting in Houston. I asked him how the company was strategizing for the shutdown of the Shuttle program in Florida. Visitors to Florida for each launch were calculated to be 10,000 plus. He looked at me like my hair just caught fire. "Whadday mean- shut down? I didn't know that."

The risk of evolving these new platforms, Spaceport America, WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo meet a high standard for platforms that will create leaps in human knowledge. On behalf of those who work on this project from our legislators to our Governor, congratulations on one a definitive step forward for New Mexico.

This week I was at the Capitol when Senate Bill passed the Informed Consent legislation. It allows for continuation of not only Spaceport America as a "platform" for commercial space transportation of humans into space, but also Virgin Galactic's "platforms", WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo. All three will provide leaps in human knowledge and a new foundation for human space transportation. Mankind has created 5 transportation industries; ground, sea, rail, air and space transportation. We use all of these industries to transport goods and people across the globe, and to space.

Henry Ford's new "platform", the Model T, transformed manufacturing, our road system, the oil and gas industry and spun off auto dealerships, and created the consumer automotive industry. Boeing's 707 "platform" transformed international travel, which spun off services like car rentals at airports, hotels designed for the traveling business executive and resort destinations like Disney World and Disney Europe.

Spaceport America will provide a new platform for thousands of personal experience for travelers who come to New Mexico. For a very small fee, they will participate in the emerging commercial space transportation industry. The space industry's platform for the consumer will first open in New Mexico. The visitor experience portion of the Spaceport America launch site will create an industry unto itself.

In 2008, I was at the launch of Shuttle Discovery STS 124. STS stands for Space Transportation System. This mission carried the Japanese Kibo "Hope" Laboratory, the first human research module to be installed on the International Space Station. Leading up to the launch, NASA took thousands of students to the launch site for individual tours of Kennedy Space Center, showed them films of the labs, and also provided time for the Japanese students to mingle with American students. On the morning of the launch, I was waiting in a very long line at Dunkin Donuts for a cup of coffee before heading back to the staging site for the busses that would take us to Banana Island. Banana Island was NASA's official visitor's observation for Shuttle launches. It was 4 miles from the Shuttle launch pad.

Behind me in line were two families from Canada. They were on vacation in Georgia and decided, on the spur of the moment, to drive to Florida to see the Shuttle launch. I was wearing my NASA 50 Year Anniversary pin. I always feel a sense of pride that I work with such an amazing agency as NASA. I turned to the people behind me and asked, who was it that talked the rest of you into coming? They all pointed to one of the husbands. I took off my pin and gave it to him on behalf of all the people who work at NASA. Tears and big smiles emerged simultaneously. As we talked and waited in line, I asked them where they were going to observe the launch. They had scouted a site on Coco Beach and were headed off to Wal-Mart for chairs, chips, sodas and a cooler. Thousands of tourists flocked to Coco Beach to just sit on the side of the freeway to watch the launch. Then they head off to Disney World, EPSOT Center, maybe visit the Astronaut Hall of Fame or the NASCAR race track.
On my flight home, I sat next to the District Manager for a Coke. He was headed to a meeting in Houston. I asked him how the company was strategizing for the shutdown of the Shuttle program in Florida. Visitors to Florida for each launch were calculated to be 10,000 plus. He looked at me like my hair just caught fire. "Whadday mean- shut down? I didn't know that."

The risk of evolving these new platforms, Spaceport America, WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo meet a high standard for platforms that will create leaps in human knowledge. On behalf of those who work on this project from our legislators to our Governor, congratulations on one a definitive step forward for New Mexico.

This week I was at the Capitol when Senate Bill passed the Informed Consent legislation. It allows for continuation of not only Spaceport America as a "platform" for commercial space transportation of humans into space, but also Virgin Galactic's "platforms", WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo. All three will provide leaps in human knowledge and a new foundation for human space transportation. Mankind has created 5 transportation industries; ground, sea, rail, air and space transportation. We use all of these industries to transport goods and people across the globe, and to space.

Henry Ford's new "platform", the Model T, transformed manufacturing, our road system, the oil and gas industry and spun off auto dealerships, and created the consumer automotive industry. Boeing's 707 "platform" transformed international travel, which spun off services like car rentals at airports, hotels designed for the traveling business executive and resort destinations like Disney World and Disney Europe.

Spaceport America will provide a new platform for thousands of personal experience for travelers who come to New Mexico. For a very small fee, they will participate in the emerging commercial space transportation industry. The space industry's platform for the consumer will first open in New Mexico. The visitor experience portion of the Spaceport America launch site will create an industry unto itself.

In 2008, I was at the launch of Shuttle Discovery STS 124. STS stands for Space Transportation System. This mission carried the Japanese Kibo "Hope" Laboratory, the first human research module to be installed on the International Space Station. Leading up to the launch, NASA took thousands of students to the launch site for individual tours of Kennedy Space Center, showed them films of the labs, and also provided time for the Japanese students to mingle with American students. On the morning of the launch, I was waiting in a very long line at Dunkin Donuts for a cup of coffee before heading back to the staging site for the busses that would take us to Banana Island. Banana Island was NASA's official visitor's observation for Shuttle launches. It was 4 miles from the Shuttle launch pad.

Behind me in line were two families from Canada. They were on vacation in Georgia and decided, on the spur of the moment, to drive to Florida to see the Shuttle launch. I was wearing my NASA 50 Year Anniversary pin. I always feel a sense of pride that I work with such an amazing agency as NASA. I turned to the people behind me and asked, who was it that talked the rest of you into coming? They all pointed to one of the husbands. I took off my pin and gave it to him on behalf of all the people who work at NASA. Tears and big smiles emerged simultaneously. As we talked and waited in line, I asked them where they were going to observe the launch. They had scouted a site on Coco Beach and were headed off to Wal-Mart for chairs, chips, sodas and a cooler. Thousands of tourists flocked to Coco Beach to just sit on the side of the freeway to watch the launch. Then they head off to Disney World, EPSOT Center, maybe visit the Astronaut Hall of Fame or the NASCAR race track.
On my flight home, I sat next to the District Manager for a Coke. He was headed to a meeting in Houston. I asked him how the company was strategizing for the shutdown of the Shuttle program in Florida. Visitors to Florida for each launch were calculated to be 10,000 plus. He looked at me like my hair just caught fire. "Whadday mean- shut down? I didn't know that."

The risk of evolving these new platforms, Spaceport America, WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo meet a high standard for platforms that will create leaps in human knowledge. On behalf of those who work on this project from our legislators to our Governor, congratulations on one a definitive step forward for New Mexico.

This week I was at the Capitol when Senate Bill passed the Informed Consent legislation. It allows for continuation of not only Spaceport America as a "platform" for commercial space transportation of humans into space, but also Virgin Galactic's "platforms", WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo. All three will provide leaps in human knowledge and a new foundation for human space transportation. Mankind has created 5 transportation industries; ground, sea, rail, air and space transportation. We use all of these industries to transport goods and people across the globe, and to space.

Henry Ford's new "platform", the Model T, transformed manufacturing, our road system, the oil and gas industry and spun off auto dealerships, and created the consumer automotive industry. Boeing's 707 "platform" transformed international travel, which spun off services like car rentals at airports, hotels designed for the traveling business executive and resort destinations like Disney World and Disney Europe.

Spaceport America will provide a new platform for thousands of personal experience for travelers who come to New Mexico. For a very small fee, they will participate in the emerging commercial space transportation industry. The space industry's platform for the consumer will first open in New Mexico. The visitor experience portion of the Spaceport America launch site will create an industry unto itself.

In 2008, I was at the launch of Shuttle Discovery STS 124. STS stands for Space Transportation System. This mission carried the Japanese Kibo "Hope" Laboratory, the first human research module to be installed on the International Space Station. Leading up to the launch, NASA took thousands of students to the launch site for individual tours of Kennedy Space Center, showed them films of the labs, and also provided time for the Japanese students to mingle with American students. On the morning of the launch, I was waiting in a very long line at Dunkin Donuts for a cup of coffee before heading back to the staging site for the busses that would take us to Banana Island. Banana Island was NASA's official visitor's observation for Shuttle launches. It was 4 miles from the Shuttle launch pad.

Behind me in line were two families from Canada. They were on vacation in Georgia and decided, on the spur of the moment, to drive to Florida to see the Shuttle launch. I was wearing my NASA 50 Year Anniversary pin. I always feel a sense of pride that I work with such an amazing agency as NASA. I turned to the people behind me and asked, who was it that talked the rest of you into coming? They all pointed to one of the husbands. I took off my pin and gave it to him on behalf of all the people who work at NASA. Tears and big smiles emerged simultaneously. As we talked and waited in line, I asked them where they were going to observe the launch. They had scouted a site on Coco Beach and were headed off to Wal-Mart for chairs, chips, sodas and a cooler. Thousands of tourists flocked to Coco Beach to just sit on the side of the freeway to watch the launch. Then they head off to Disney World, EPSOT Center, maybe visit the Astronaut Hall of Fame or the NASCAR race track.
On my flight home, I sat next to the District Manager for a Coke. He was headed to a meeting in Houston. I asked him how the company was strategizing for the shutdown of the Shuttle program in Florida. Visitors to Florida for each launch were calculated to be 10,000 plus. He looked at me like my hair just caught fire. "Whadday mean- shut down? I didn't know that."

The risk of evolving these new platforms, Spaceport America, WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo meet a high standard for platforms that will create leaps in human knowledge. On behalf of those who work on this project from our legislators to our Governor, congratulations on one a definitive step forward for New Mexico.

This week I was at the Capitol when Senate Bill passed the Informed Consent legislation. It allows for continuation of not only Spaceport America as a "platform" for commercial space transportation of humans into space, but also Virgin Galactic's "platforms", WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo. All three will provide leaps in human knowledge and a new foundation for human space transportation. Mankind has created 5 transportation industries; ground, sea, rail, air and space transportation. We use all of these industries to transport goods and people across the globe, and to space.

Henry Ford's new "platform", the Model T, transformed manufacturing, our road system, the oil and gas industry and spun off auto dealerships, and created the consumer automotive industry. Boeing's 707 "platform" transformed international travel, which spun off services like car rentals at airports, hotels designed for the traveling business executive and resort destinations like Disney World and Disney Europe.

Spaceport America will provide a new platform for thousands of personal experience for travelers who come to New Mexico. For a very small fee, they will participate in the emerging commercial space transportation industry. The space industry's platform for the consumer will first open in New Mexico. The visitor experience portion of the Spaceport America launch site will create an industry unto itself.

In 2008, I was at the launch of Shuttle Discovery STS 124. STS stands for Space Transportation System. This mission carried the Japanese Kibo "Hope" Laboratory, the first human research module to be installed on the International Space Station. Leading up to the launch, NASA took thousands of students to the launch site for individual tours of Kennedy Space Center, showed them films of the labs, and also provided time for the Japanese students to mingle with American students. On the morning of the launch, I was waiting in a very long line at Dunkin Donuts for a cup of coffee before heading back to the staging site for the busses that would take us to Banana Island. Banana Island was NASA's official visitor's observation for Shuttle launches. It was 4 miles from the Shuttle launch pad.

Behind me in line were two families from Canada. They were on vacation in Georgia and decided, on the spur of the moment, to drive to Florida to see the Shuttle launch. I was wearing my NASA 50 Year Anniversary pin. I always feel a sense of pride that I work with such an amazing agency as NASA. I turned to the people behind me and asked, who was it that talked the rest of you into coming? They all pointed to one of the husbands. I took off my pin and gave it to him on behalf of all the people who work at NASA. Tears and big smiles emerged simultaneously. As we talked and waited in line, I asked them where they were going to observe the launch. They had scouted a site on Coco Beach and were headed off to Wal-Mart for chairs, chips, sodas and a cooler. Thousands of tourists flocked to Coco Beach to just sit on the side of the freeway to watch the launch. Then they head off to Disney World, EPSOT Center, maybe visit the Astronaut Hall of Fame or the NASCAR race track.
On my flight home, I sat next to the District Manager for a Coke. He was headed to a meeting in Houston. I asked him how the company was strategizing for the shutdown of the Shuttle program in Florida. Visitors to Florida for each launch were calculated to be 10,000 plus. He looked at me like my hair just caught fire. "Whadday mean- shut down? I didn't know that."

The risk of evolving these new platforms, Spaceport America, WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo meet a high standard for platforms that will create leaps in human knowledge. On behalf of those who work on this project from our legislators to our Governor, congratulations on one a definitive step forward for New Mexico.

This week I was at the Capitol when Senate Bill passed the Informed Consent legislation. It allows for continuation of not only Spaceport America as a "platform" for commercial space transportation of humans into space, but also Virgin Galactic's "platforms", WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo. All three will provide leaps in human knowledge and a new foundation for human space transportation. Mankind has created 5 transportation industries; ground, sea, rail, air and space transportation. We use all of these industries to transport goods and people across the globe, and to space.

Henry Ford's new "platform", the Model T, transformed manufacturing, our road system, the oil and gas industry and spun off auto dealerships, and created the consumer automotive industry. Boeing's 707 "platform" transformed international travel, which spun off services like car rentals at airports, hotels designed for the traveling business executive and resort destinations like Disney World and Disney Europe.

Spaceport America will provide a new platform for thousands of personal experience for travelers who come to New Mexico. For a very small fee, they will participate in the emerging commercial space transportation industry. The space industry's platform for the consumer will first open in New Mexico. The visitor experience portion of the Spaceport America launch site will create an industry unto itself.

In 2008, I was at the launch of Shuttle Discovery STS 124. STS stands for Space Transportation System. This mission carried the Japanese Kibo "Hope" Laboratory, the first human research module to be installed on the International Space Station. Leading up to the launch, NASA took thousands of students to the launch site for individual tours of Kennedy Space Center, showed them films of the labs, and also provided time for the Japanese students to mingle with American students. On the morning of the launch, I was waiting in a very long line at Dunkin Donuts for a cup of coffee before heading back to the staging site for the busses that would take us to Banana Island. Banana Island was NASA's official visitor's observation for Shuttle launches. It was 4 miles from the Shuttle launch pad.

Behind me in line were two families from Canada. They were on vacation in Georgia and decided, on the spur of the moment, to drive to Florida to see the Shuttle launch. I was wearing my NASA 50 Year Anniversary pin. I always feel a sense of pride that I work with such an amazing agency as NASA. I turned to the people behind me and asked, who was it that talked the rest of you into coming? They all pointed to one of the husbands. I took off my pin and gave it to him on behalf of all the people who work at NASA. Tears and big smiles emerged simultaneously. As we talked and waited in line, I asked them where they were going to observe the launch. They had scouted a site on Coco Beach and were headed off to Wal-Mart for chairs, chips, sodas and a cooler. Thousands of tourists flocked to Coco Beach to just sit on the side of the freeway to watch the launch. Then they head off to Disney World, EPSOT Center, maybe visit the Astronaut Hall of Fame or the NASCAR race track.
On my flight home, I sat next to the District Manager for a Coke. He was headed to a meeting in Houston. I asked him how the company was strategizing for the shutdown of the Shuttle program in Florida. Visitors to Florida for each launch were calculated to be 10,000 plus. He looked at me like my hair just caught fire. "Whadday mean- shut down? I didn't know that."

The risk of evolving these new platforms, Spaceport America, WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo meet a high standard for platforms that will create leaps in human knowledge. On behalf of those who work on this project from our legislators to our Governor, congratulations on one a definitive step forward for New Mexico.

This week I was at the Capitol when Senate Bill passed the Informed Consent legislation. It allows for continuation of not only Spaceport America as a "platform" for commercial space transportation of humans into space, but also Virgin Galactic's "platforms", WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo. All three will provide leaps in human knowledge and a new foundation for human space transportation. Mankind has created 5 transportation industries; ground, sea, rail, air and space transportation. We use all of these industries to transport goods and people across the globe, and to space.

Henry Ford's new "platform", the Model T, transformed manufacturing, our road system, the oil and gas industry and spun off auto dealerships, and created the consumer automotive industry. Boeing's 707 "platform" transformed international travel, which spun off services like car rentals at airports, hotels designed for the traveling business executive and resort destinations like Disney World and Disney Europe.

Spaceport America will provide a new platform for thousands of personal experience for travelers who come to New Mexico. For a very small fee, they will participate in the emerging commercial space transportation industry. The space industry's platform for the consumer will first open in New Mexico. The visitor experience portion of the Spaceport America launch site will create an industry unto itself.

In 2008, I was at the launch of Shuttle Discovery STS 124. STS stands for Space Transportation System. This mission carried the Japanese Kibo "Hope" Laboratory, the first human research module to be installed on the International Space Station. Leading up to the launch, NASA took thousands of students to the launch site for individual tours of Kennedy Space Center, showed them films of the labs, and also provided time for the Japanese students to mingle with American students. On the morning of the launch, I was waiting in a very long line at Dunkin Donuts for a cup of coffee before heading back to the staging site for the busses that would take us to Banana Island. Banana Island was NASA's official visitor's observation for Shuttle launches. It was 4 miles from the Shuttle launch pad.

Behind me in line were two families from Canada. They were on vacation in Georgia and decided, on the spur of the moment, to drive to Florida to see the Shuttle launch. I was wearing my NASA 50 Year Anniversary pin. I always feel a sense of pride that I work with such an amazing agency as NASA. I turned to the people behind me and asked, who was it that talked the rest of you into coming? They all pointed to one of the husbands. I took off my pin and gave it to him on behalf of all the people who work at NASA. Tears and big smiles emerged simultaneously. As we talked and waited in line, I asked them where they were going to observe the launch. They had scouted a site on Coco Beach and were headed off to Wal-Mart for chairs, chips, sodas and a cooler. Thousands of tourists flocked to Coco Beach to just sit on the side of the freeway to watch the launch. Then they head off to Disney World, EPSOT Center, maybe visit the Astronaut Hall of Fame or the NASCAR race track.
On my flight home, I sat next to the District Manager for a Coke. He was headed to a meeting in Houston. I asked him how the company was strategizing for the shutdown of the Shuttle program in Florida. Visitors to Florida for each launch were calculated to be 10,000 plus. He looked at me like my hair just caught fire. "Whadday mean- shut down? I didn't know that."

The risk of evolving these new platforms, Spaceport America, WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo meet a high standard for platforms that will create leaps in human knowledge. On behalf of those who work on this project from our legislators to our Governor, congratulations on one a definitive step forward for New Mexico.

This week I was at the Capitol when Senate Bill passed the Informed Consent legislation. It allows for continuation of not only Spaceport America as a "platform" for commercial space transportation of humans into space, but also Virgin Galactic's "platforms", WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo. All three will provide leaps in human knowledge and a new foundation for human space transportation. Mankind has created 5 transportation industries; ground, sea, rail, air and space transportation. We use all of these industries to transport goods and people across the globe, and to space.

Henry Ford's new "platform", the Model T, transformed manufacturing, our road system, the oil and gas industry and spun off auto dealerships, and created the consumer automotive industry. Boeing's 707 "platform" transformed international travel, which spun off services like car rentals at airports, hotels designed for the traveling business executive and resort destinations like Disney World and Disney Europe.

Spaceport America will provide a new platform for thousands of personal experience for travelers who come to New Mexico. For a very small fee, they will participate in the emerging commercial space transportation industry. The space industry's platform for the consumer will first open in New Mexico. The visitor experience portion of the Spaceport America launch site will create an industry unto itself.

In 2008, I was at the launch of Shuttle Discovery STS 124. STS stands for Space Transportation System. This mission carried the Japanese Kibo "Hope" Laboratory, the first human research module to be installed on the International Space Station. Leading up to the launch, NASA took thousands of students to the launch site for individual tours of Kennedy Space Center, showed them films of the labs, and also provided time for the Japanese students to mingle with American students. On the morning of the launch, I was waiting in a very long line at Dunkin Donuts for a cup of coffee before heading back to the staging site for the busses that would take us to Banana Island. Banana Island was NASA's official visitor's observation for Shuttle launches. It was 4 miles from the Shuttle launch pad.

Behind me in line were two families from Canada. They were on vacation in Georgia and decided, on the spur of the moment, to drive to Florida to see the Shuttle launch. I was wearing my NASA 50 Year Anniversary pin. I always feel a sense of pride that I work with such an amazing agency as NASA. I turned to the people behind me and asked, who was it that talked the rest of you into coming? They all pointed to one of the husbands. I took off my pin and gave it to him on behalf of all the people who work at NASA. Tears and big smiles emerged simultaneously. As we talked and waited in line, I asked them where they were going to observe the launch. They had scouted a site on Coco Beach and were headed off to Wal-Mart for chairs, chips, sodas and a cooler. Thousands of tourists flocked to Coco Beach to just sit on the side of the freeway to watch the launch. Then they head off to Disney World, EPSOT Center, maybe visit the Astronaut Hall of Fame or the NASCAR race track.
On my flight home, I sat next to the District Manager for a Coke. He was headed to a meeting in Houston. I asked him how the company was strategizing for the shutdown of the Shuttle program in Florida. Visitors to Florida for each launch were calculated to be 10,000 plus. He looked at me like my hair just caught fire. "Whadday mean- shut down? I didn't know that."

The risk of evolving these new platforms, Spaceport America, WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo meet a high standard for platforms that will create leaps in human knowledge. On behalf of those who work on this project from our legislators to our Governor, congratulations on one a definitive step forward for New Mexico.

This week I was at the Capitol when Senate Bill passed the Informed Consent legislation. It allows for continuation of not only Spaceport America as a "platform" for commercial space transportation of humans into space, but also Virgin Galactic's "platforms", WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo. All three will provide leaps in human knowledge and a new foundation for human space transportation. Mankind has created 5 transportation industries; ground, sea, rail, air and space transportation. We use all of these industries to transport goods and people across the globe, and to space.

Henry Ford's new "platform", the Model T, transformed manufacturing, our road system, the oil and gas industry and spun off auto dealerships, and created the consumer automotive industry. Boeing's 707 "platform" transformed international travel, which spun off services like car rentals at airports, hotels designed for the traveling business executive and resort destinations like Disney World and Disney Europe.

Spaceport America will provide a new platform for thousands of personal experience for travelers who come to New Mexico. For a very small fee, they will participate in the emerging commercial space transportation industry. The space industry's platform for the consumer will first open in New Mexico. The visitor experience portion of the Spaceport America launch site will create an industry unto itself.

In 2008, I was at the launch of Shuttle Discovery STS 124. STS stands for Space Transportation System. This mission carried the Japanese Kibo "Hope" Laboratory, the first human research module to be installed on the International Space Station. Leading up to the launch, NASA took thousands of students to the launch site for individual tours of Kennedy Space Center, showed them films of the labs, and also provided time for the Japanese students to mingle with American students. On the morning of the launch, I was waiting in a very long line at Dunkin Donuts for a cup of coffee before heading back to the staging site for the busses that would take us to Banana Island. Banana Island was NASA's official visitor's observation for Shuttle launches. It was 4 miles from the Shuttle launch pad.

Behind me in line were two families from Canada. They were on vacation in Georgia and decided, on the spur of the moment, to drive to Florida to see the Shuttle launch. I was wearing my NASA 50 Year Anniversary pin. I always feel a sense of pride that I work with such an amazing agency as NASA. I turned to the people behind me and asked, who was it that talked the rest of you into coming? They all pointed to one of the husbands. I took off my pin and gave it to him on behalf of all the people who work at NASA. Tears and big smiles emerged simultaneously. As we talked and waited in line, I asked them where they were going to observe the launch. They had scouted a site on Coco Beach and were headed off to Wal-Mart for chairs, chips, sodas and a cooler. Thousands of tourists flocked to Coco Beach to just sit on the side of the freeway to watch the launch. Then they head off to Disney World, EPSOT Center, maybe visit the Astronaut Hall of Fame or the NASCAR race track.
On my flight home, I sat next to the District Manager for a Coke. He was headed to a meeting in Houston. I asked him how the company was strategizing for the shutdown of the Shuttle program in Florida. Visitors to Florida for each launch were calculated to be 10,000 plus. He looked at me like my hair just caught fire. "Whadday mean- shut down? I didn't know that."

The risk of evolving these new platforms, Spaceport America, WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo meet a high standard for platforms that will create leaps in human knowledge. On behalf of those who work on this project from our legislators to our Governor, congratulations on one a definitive step forward for New Mexico.

This week I was at the Capitol when Senate Bill passed the Informed Consent legislation. It allows for continuation of not only Spaceport America as a "platform" for commercial space transportation of humans into space, but also Virgin Galactic's "platforms", WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo. All three will provide leaps in human knowledge and a new foundation for human space transportation. Mankind has created 5 transportation industries; ground, sea, rail, air and space transportation. We use all of these industries to transport goods and people across the globe, and to space.

Henry Ford's new "platform", the Model T, transformed manufacturing, our road system, the oil and gas industry and spun off auto dealerships, and created the consumer automotive industry. Boeing's 707 "platform" transformed international travel, which spun off services like car rentals at airports, hotels designed for the traveling business executive and resort destinations like Disney World and Disney Europe.

Spaceport America will provide a new platform for thousands of personal experience for travelers who come to New Mexico. For a very small fee, they will participate in the emerging commercial space transportation industry. The space industry's platform for the consumer will first open in New Mexico. The visitor experience portion of the Spaceport America launch site will create an industry unto itself.

In 2008, I was at the launch of Shuttle Discovery STS 124. STS stands for Space Transportation System. This mission carried the Japanese Kibo "Hope" Laboratory, the first human research module to be installed on the International Space Station. Leading up to the launch, NASA took thousands of students to the launch site for individual tours of Kennedy Space Center, showed them films of the labs, and also provided time for the Japanese students to mingle with American students. On the morning of the launch, I was waiting in a very long line at Dunkin Donuts for a cup of coffee before heading back to the staging site for the busses that would take us to Banana Island. Banana Island was NASA's official visitor's observation for Shuttle launches. It was 4 miles from the Shuttle launch pad.

Behind me in line were two families from Canada. They were on vacation in Georgia and decided, on the spur of the moment, to drive to Florida to see the Shuttle launch. I was wearing my NASA 50 Year Anniversary pin. I always feel a sense of pride that I work with such an amazing agency as NASA. I turned to the people behind me and asked, who was it that talked the rest of you into coming? They all pointed to one of the husbands. I took off my pin and gave it to him on behalf of all the people who work at NASA. Tears and big smiles emerged simultaneously. As we talked and waited in line, I asked them where they were going to observe the launch. They had scouted a site on Coco Beach and were headed off to Wal-Mart for chairs, chips, sodas and a cooler. Thousands of tourists flocked to Coco Beach to just sit on the side of the freeway to watch the launch. Then they head off to Disney World, EPSOT Center, maybe visit the Astronaut Hall of Fame or the NASCAR race track.
On my flight home, I sat next to the District Manager for a Coke. He was headed to a meeting in Houston. I asked him how the company was strategizing for the shutdown of the Shuttle program in Florida. Visitors to Florida for each launch were calculated to be 10,000 plus. He looked at me like my hair just caught fire. "Whadday mean- shut down? I didn't know that."

The risk of evolving these new platforms, Spaceport America, WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo meet a high standard for platforms that will create leaps in human knowledge. On behalf of those who work on this project from our legislators to our Governor, congratulations on one a definitive step forward for New Mexico.

This week I was at the Capitol when Senate Bill passed the Informed Consent legislation. It allows for continuation of not only Spaceport America as a "platform" for commercial space transportation of humans into space, but also Virgin Galactic's "platforms", WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo. All three will provide leaps in human knowledge and a new foundation for human space transportation. Mankind has created 5 transportation industries; ground, sea, rail, air and space transportation. We use all of these industries to transport goods and people across the globe, and to space.

Henry Ford's new "platform", the Model T, transformed manufacturing, our road system, the oil and gas industry and spun off auto dealerships, and created the consumer automotive industry. Boeing's 707 "platform" transformed international travel, which spun off services like car rentals at airports, hotels designed for the traveling business executive and resort destinations like Disney World and Disney Europe.

Spaceport America will provide a new platform for thousands of personal experience for travelers who come to New Mexico. For a very small fee, they will participate in the emerging commercial space transportation industry. The space industry's platform for the consumer will first open in New Mexico. The visitor experience portion of the Spaceport America launch site will create an industry unto itself.

In 2008, I was at the launch of Shuttle Discovery STS 124. STS stands for Space Transportation System. This mission carried the Japanese Kibo "Hope" Laboratory, the first human research module to be installed on the International Space Station. Leading up to the launch, NASA took thousands of students to the launch site for individual tours of Kennedy Space Center, showed them films of the labs, and also provided time for the Japanese students to mingle with American students. On the morning of the launch, I was waiting in a very long line at Dunkin Donuts for a cup of coffee before heading back to the staging site for the busses that would take us to Banana Island. Banana Island was NASA's official visitor's observation for Shuttle launches. It was 4 miles from the Shuttle launch pad.

Behind me in line were two families from Canada. They were on vacation in Georgia and decided, on the spur of the moment, to drive to Florida to see the Shuttle launch. I was wearing my NASA 50 Year Anniversary pin. I always feel a sense of pride that I work with such an amazing agency as NASA. I turned to the people behind me and asked, who was it that talked the rest of you into coming? They all pointed to one of the husbands. I took off my pin and gave it to him on behalf of all the people who work at NASA. Tears and big smiles emerged simultaneously. As we talked and waited in line, I asked them where they were going to observe the launch. They had scouted a site on Coco Beach and were headed off to Wal-Mart for chairs, chips, sodas and a cooler. Thousands of tourists flocked to Coco Beach to just sit on the side of the freeway to watch the launch. Then they head off to Disney World, EPSOT Center, maybe visit the Astronaut Hall of Fame or the NASCAR race track.
On my flight home, I sat next to the District Manager for a Coke. He was headed to a meeting in Houston. I asked him how the company was strategizing for the shutdown of the Shuttle program in Florida. Visitors to Florida for each launch were calculated to be 10,000 plus. He looked at me like my hair just caught fire. "Whadday mean- shut down? I didn't know that."

The risk of evolving these new platforms, Spaceport America, WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo meet a high standard for platforms that will create leaps in human knowledge. On behalf of those who work on this project from our legislators to our Governor, congratulations on one a definitive step forward for New Mexico.

In preparation for the next space symposium in October, I have been reading about the Bell Laboratories. Jon Gertner has written a book called The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great American Age of Innovation. At the symposium, we examine topics that include emerging trends in the commercial space industry. One of these trends is the increased access to the International Space Station, ISS.

Half of the American portion of the ISS is now a national laboratory called the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS). To paraphrase its' mission, Congress and NASA are tasked to use the ISS as a platform for innovation. Researchers, even fundraisers, educators, companies and federal agencies can use the ISS to conduct groundbreaking research. We have two national laboratories in New Mexico, Los Alamos and Sandia, and three research universities. New Mexico has leadership capability that goes deep into our history, we have a lot to offer this industry.

Let's connect a few dots here. The United State spent $1.6 billion dollars each time we launched the Space Shuttle. In 1988, Space Shuttle Endeavour started construction on the ISS. For most of the last years of the life of the Shuttle program, the orbiters were ferrying humans to orbit to build the ISS. In 2011, the United States shut the Shuttle program down. The ISS was complete. Sort of. Keep reading.

In 2012, the Space X Falcon 9 delivered its Dragon capsule to the ISS. The Falcon 9 rocket and the Dragon capsule were commercially developed and built by SpaceX, in partnership with NASA. Space X has received less than the cost of 1 Shuttle in this partnership with NASA to build a cargo carrier to the ISS. The trend has now begun to increase cargo flights by American's to the ISS.

Last week, NASA announced the awarding of $17.8 million contract to Bigelow Aerospace Corporation to build an inflatable module which could reach the space station as soon as 2015. The New York Times reported, "That is a bargain-basement price compared with most equipment the United States and other countries send into space, and the Bigelow agreement could serve as a model for how NASA puts together missions at lower costs by using a Kmart strategy: buying off-the-shelf pieces instead of developing its own designs.
Mervin Kelly, Bell Labs research director and eventually its president had two rules that capture the importance not only of what SpaceX, and Bigelow are doing but how they are doing it. They are taking existing technologies and building them better, cheaper or both. Mr. Bigelow licensed the technology to build the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) from NASA. The BEAM is scheduled to launch aboard the eighth SpaceX cargo resupply mission to the station contracted by NASA, currently planned for 2015.

A 2008 study titled "Where Do Innovations Come From?" concluded that partnerships among corporations, government laboratories, and federally funded university researchers has become increasingly essential to the U.S. innovation pipeline over the past several decades. In 2006, for instance, "77 of the 88 U.S. entities" that produced significant innovations, capitalism is more deeply intertwined with government than many of us realize." This is a trend we always explore at ISPCS.

The technologies the Bell Labs was responsible for inventing include integrated circuits, the transistor, they even began what is now wireless communications. I still have my IPhone, but at home I need a telephone operating on a land line. Past is Prologue.

In preparation for the next space symposium in October, I have been reading about the Bell Laboratories. Jon Gertner has written a book called The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great American Age of Innovation. At the symposium, we examine topics that include emerging trends in the commercial space industry. One of these trends is the increased access to the International Space Station, ISS.

Half of the American portion of the ISS is now a national laboratory called the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS). To paraphrase its' mission, Congress and NASA are tasked to use the ISS as a platform for innovation. Researchers, even fundraisers, educators, companies and federal agencies can use the ISS to conduct groundbreaking research. We have two national laboratories in New Mexico, Los Alamos and Sandia, and three research universities. New Mexico has leadership capability that goes deep into our history, we have a lot to offer this industry.

Let's connect a few dots here. The United State spent $1.6 billion dollars each time we launched the Space Shuttle. In 1988, Space Shuttle Endeavour started construction on the ISS. For most of the last years of the life of the Shuttle program, the orbiters were ferrying humans to orbit to build the ISS. In 2011, the United States shut the Shuttle program down. The ISS was complete. Sort of. Keep reading.

In 2012, the Space X Falcon 9 delivered its Dragon capsule to the ISS. The Falcon 9 rocket and the Dragon capsule were commercially developed and built by SpaceX, in partnership with NASA. Space X has received less than the cost of 1 Shuttle in this partnership with NASA to build a cargo carrier to the ISS. The trend has now begun to increase cargo flights by American's to the ISS.

Last week, NASA announced the awarding of $17.8 million contract to Bigelow Aerospace Corporation to build an inflatable module which could reach the space station as soon as 2015. The New York Times reported, "That is a bargain-basement price compared with most equipment the United States and other countries send into space, and the Bigelow agreement could serve as a model for how NASA puts together missions at lower costs by using a Kmart strategy: buying off-the-shelf pieces instead of developing its own designs.
Mervin Kelly, Bell Labs research director and eventually its president had two rules that capture the importance not only of what SpaceX, and Bigelow are doing but how they are doing it. They are taking existing technologies and building them better, cheaper or both. Mr. Bigelow licensed the technology to build the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) from NASA. The BEAM is scheduled to launch aboard the eighth SpaceX cargo resupply mission to the station contracted by NASA, currently planned for 2015.

A 2008 study titled "Where Do Innovations Come From?" concluded that partnerships among corporations, government laboratories, and federally funded university researchers has become increasingly essential to the U.S. innovation pipeline over the past several decades. In 2006, for instance, "77 of the 88 U.S. entities" that produced significant innovations, capitalism is more deeply intertwined with government than many of us realize." This is a trend we always explore at ISPCS.

The technologies the Bell Labs was responsible for inventing include integrated circuits, the transistor, they even began what is now wireless communications. I still have my IPhone, but at home I need a telephone operating on a land line. Past is Prologue.

In preparation for the next space symposium in October, I have been reading about the Bell Laboratories. Jon Gertner has written a book called The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great American Age of Innovation. At the symposium, we examine topics that include emerging trends in the commercial space industry. One of these trends is the increased access to the International Space Station, ISS.

Half of the American portion of the ISS is now a national laboratory called the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS). To paraphrase its' mission, Congress and NASA are tasked to use the ISS as a platform for innovation. Researchers, even fundraisers, educators, companies and federal agencies can use the ISS to conduct groundbreaking research. We have two national laboratories in New Mexico, Los Alamos and Sandia, and three research universities. New Mexico has leadership capability that goes deep into our history, we have a lot to offer this industry.

Let's connect a few dots here. The United State spent $1.6 billion dollars each time we launched the Space Shuttle. In 1988, Space Shuttle Endeavour started construction on the ISS. For most of the last years of the life of the Shuttle program, the orbiters were ferrying humans to orbit to build the ISS. In 2011, the United States shut the Shuttle program down. The ISS was complete. Sort of. Keep reading.

In 2012, the Space X Falcon 9 delivered its Dragon capsule to the ISS. The Falcon 9 rocket and the Dragon capsule were commercially developed and built by SpaceX, in partnership with NASA. Space X has received less than the cost of 1 Shuttle in this partnership with NASA to build a cargo carrier to the ISS. The trend has now begun to increase cargo flights by American's to the ISS.

Last week, NASA announced the awarding of $17.8 million contract to Bigelow Aerospace Corporation to build an inflatable module which could reach the space station as soon as 2015. The New York Times reported, "That is a bargain-basement price compared with most equipment the United States and other countries send into space, and the Bigelow agreement could serve as a model for how NASA puts together missions at lower costs by using a Kmart strategy: buying off-the-shelf pieces instead of developing its own designs.
Mervin Kelly, Bell Labs research director and eventually its president had two rules that capture the importance not only of what SpaceX, and Bigelow are doing but how they are doing it. They are taking existing technologies and building them better, cheaper or both. Mr. Bigelow licensed the technology to build the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) from NASA. The BEAM is scheduled to launch aboard the eighth SpaceX cargo resupply mission to the station contracted by NASA, currently planned for 2015.

A 2008 study titled "Where Do Innovations Come From?" concluded that partnerships among corporations, government laboratories, and federally funded university researchers has become increasingly essential to the U.S. innovation pipeline over the past several decades. In 2006, for instance, "77 of the 88 U.S. entities" that produced significant innovations, capitalism is more deeply intertwined with government than many of us realize." This is a trend we always explore at ISPCS.

The technologies the Bell Labs was responsible for inventing include integrated circuits, the transistor, they even began what is now wireless communications. I still have my IPhone, but at home I need a telephone operating on a land line. Past is Prologue.

In preparation for the next space symposium in October, I have been reading about the Bell Laboratories. Jon Gertner has written a book called The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great American Age of Innovation. At the symposium, we examine topics that include emerging trends in the commercial space industry. One of these trends is the increased access to the International Space Station, ISS.

Half of the American portion of the ISS is now a national laboratory called the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS). To paraphrase its' mission, Congress and NASA are tasked to use the ISS as a platform for innovation. Researchers, even fundraisers, educators, companies and federal agencies can use the ISS to conduct groundbreaking research. We have two national laboratories in New Mexico, Los Alamos and Sandia, and three research universities. New Mexico has leadership capability that goes deep into our history, we have a lot to offer this industry.

Let's connect a few dots here. The United State spent $1.6 billion dollars each time we launched the Space Shuttle. In 1988, Space Shuttle Endeavour started construction on the ISS. For most of the last years of the life of the Shuttle program, the orbiters were ferrying humans to orbit to build the ISS. In 2011, the United States shut the Shuttle program down. The ISS was complete. Sort of. Keep reading.

In 2012, the Space X Falcon 9 delivered its Dragon capsule to the ISS. The Falcon 9 rocket and the Dragon capsule were commercially developed and built by SpaceX, in partnership with NASA. Space X has received less than the cost of 1 Shuttle in this partnership with NASA to build a cargo carrier to the ISS. The trend has now begun to increase cargo flights by American's to the ISS.

Last week, NASA announced the awarding of $17.8 million contract to Bigelow Aerospace Corporation to build an inflatable module which could reach the space station as soon as 2015. The New York Times reported, "That is a bargain-basement price compared with most equipment the United States and other countries send into space, and the Bigelow agreement could serve as a model for how NASA puts together missions at lower costs by using a Kmart strategy: buying off-the-shelf pieces instead of developing its own designs.
Mervin Kelly, Bell Labs research director and eventually its president had two rules that capture the importance not only of what SpaceX, and Bigelow are doing but how they are doing it. They are taking existing technologies and building them better, cheaper or both. Mr. Bigelow licensed the technology to build the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) from NASA. The BEAM is scheduled to launch aboard the eighth SpaceX cargo resupply mission to the station contracted by NASA, currently planned for 2015.

A 2008 study titled "Where Do Innovations Come From?" concluded that partnerships among corporations, government laboratories, and federally funded university researchers has become increasingly essential to the U.S. innovation pipeline over the past several decades. In 2006, for instance, "77 of the 88 U.S. entities" that produced significant innovations, capitalism is more deeply intertwined with government than many of us realize." This is a trend we always explore at ISPCS.

The technologies the Bell Labs was responsible for inventing include integrated circuits, the transistor, they even began what is now wireless communications. I still have my IPhone, but at home I need a telephone operating on a land line. Past is Prologue.

In preparation for the next space symposium in October, I have been reading about the Bell Laboratories. Jon Gertner has written a book called The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great American Age of Innovation. At the symposium, we examine topics that include emerging trends in the commercial space industry. One of these trends is the increased access to the International Space Station, ISS.

Half of the American portion of the ISS is now a national laboratory called the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS). To paraphrase its' mission, Congress and NASA are tasked to use the ISS as a platform for innovation. Researchers, even fundraisers, educators, companies and federal agencies can use the ISS to conduct groundbreaking research. We have two national laboratories in New Mexico, Los Alamos and Sandia, and three research universities. New Mexico has leadership capability that goes deep into our history, we have a lot to offer this industry.

Let's connect a few dots here. The United State spent $1.6 billion dollars each time we launched the Space Shuttle. In 1988, Space Shuttle Endeavour started construction on the ISS. For most of the last years of the life of the Shuttle program, the orbiters were ferrying humans to orbit to build the ISS. In 2011, the United States shut the Shuttle program down. The ISS was complete. Sort of. Keep reading.

In 2012, the Space X Falcon 9 delivered its Dragon capsule to the ISS. The Falcon 9 rocket and the Dragon capsule were commercially developed and built by SpaceX, in partnership with NASA. Space X has received less than the cost of 1 Shuttle in this partnership with NASA to build a cargo carrier to the ISS. The trend has now begun to increase cargo flights by American's to the ISS.

Last week, NASA announced the awarding of $17.8 million contract to Bigelow Aerospace Corporation to build an inflatable module which could reach the space station as soon as 2015. The New York Times reported, "That is a bargain-basement price compared with most equipment the United States and other countries send into space, and the Bigelow agreement could serve as a model for how NASA puts together missions at lower costs by using a Kmart strategy: buying off-the-shelf pieces instead of developing its own designs.
Mervin Kelly, Bell Labs research director and eventually its president had two rules that capture the importance not only of what SpaceX, and Bigelow are doing but how they are doing it. They are taking existing technologies and building them better, cheaper or both. Mr. Bigelow licensed the technology to build the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) from NASA. The BEAM is scheduled to launch aboard the eighth SpaceX cargo resupply mission to the station contracted by NASA, currently planned for 2015.

A 2008 study titled "Where Do Innovations Come From?" concluded that partnerships among corporations, government laboratories, and federally funded university researchers has become increasingly essential to the U.S. innovation pipeline over the past several decades. In 2006, for instance, "77 of the 88 U.S. entities" that produced significant innovations, capitalism is more deeply intertwined with government than many of us realize." This is a trend we always explore at ISPCS.

The technologies the Bell Labs was responsible for inventing include integrated circuits, the transistor, they even began what is now wireless communications. I still have my IPhone, but at home I need a telephone operating on a land line. Past is Prologue.

In preparation for the next space symposium in October, I have been reading about the Bell Laboratories. Jon Gertner has written a book called The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great American Age of Innovation. At the symposium, we examine topics that include emerging trends in the commercial space industry. One of these trends is the increased access to the International Space Station, ISS.

Half of the American portion of the ISS is now a national laboratory called the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS). To paraphrase its' mission, Congress and NASA are tasked to use the ISS as a platform for innovation. Researchers, even fundraisers, educators, companies and federal agencies can use the ISS to conduct groundbreaking research. We have two national laboratories in New Mexico, Los Alamos and Sandia, and three research universities. New Mexico has leadership capability that goes deep into our history, we have a lot to offer this industry.

Let's connect a few dots here. The United State spent $1.6 billion dollars each time we launched the Space Shuttle. In 1988, Space Shuttle Endeavour started construction on the ISS. For most of the last years of the life of the Shuttle program, the orbiters were ferrying humans to orbit to build the ISS. In 2011, the United States shut the Shuttle program down. The ISS was complete. Sort of. Keep reading.

In 2012, the Space X Falcon 9 delivered its Dragon capsule to the ISS. The Falcon 9 rocket and the Dragon capsule were commercially developed and built by SpaceX, in partnership with NASA. Space X has received less than the cost of 1 Shuttle in this partnership with NASA to build a cargo carrier to the ISS. The trend has now begun to increase cargo flights by American's to the ISS.

Last week, NASA announced the awarding of $17.8 million contract to Bigelow Aerospace Corporation to build an inflatable module which could reach the space station as soon as 2015. The New York Times reported, "That is a bargain-basement price compared with most equipment the United States and other countries send into space, and the Bigelow agreement could serve as a model for how NASA puts together missions at lower costs by using a Kmart strategy: buying off-the-shelf pieces instead of developing its own designs.
Mervin Kelly, Bell Labs research director and eventually its president had two rules that capture the importance not only of what SpaceX, and Bigelow are doing but how they are doing it. They are taking existing technologies and building them better, cheaper or both. Mr. Bigelow licensed the technology to build the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) from NASA. The BEAM is scheduled to launch aboard the eighth SpaceX cargo resupply mission to the station contracted by NASA, currently planned for 2015.

A 2008 study titled "Where Do Innovations Come From?" concluded that partnerships among corporations, government laboratories, and federally funded university researchers has become increasingly essential to the U.S. innovation pipeline over the past several decades. In 2006, for instance, "77 of the 88 U.S. entities" that produced significant innovations, capitalism is more deeply intertwined with government than many of us realize." This is a trend we always explore at ISPCS.

The technologies the Bell Labs was responsible for inventing include integrated circuits, the transistor, they even began what is now wireless communications. I still have my IPhone, but at home I need a telephone operating on a land line. Past is Prologue.

In preparation for the next space symposium in October, I have been reading about the Bell Laboratories. Jon Gertner has written a book called The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great American Age of Innovation. At the symposium, we examine topics that include emerging trends in the commercial space industry. One of these trends is the increased access to the International Space Station, ISS.

Half of the American portion of the ISS is now a national laboratory called the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS). To paraphrase its' mission, Congress and NASA are tasked to use the ISS as a platform for innovation. Researchers, even fundraisers, educators, companies and federal agencies can use the ISS to conduct groundbreaking research. We have two national laboratories in New Mexico, Los Alamos and Sandia, and three research universities. New Mexico has leadership capability that goes deep into our history, we have a lot to offer this industry.

Let's connect a few dots here. The United State spent $1.6 billion dollars each time we launched the Space Shuttle. In 1988, Space Shuttle Endeavour started construction on the ISS. For most of the last years of the life of the Shuttle program, the orbiters were ferrying humans to orbit to build the ISS. In 2011, the United States shut the Shuttle program down. The ISS was complete. Sort of. Keep reading.

In 2012, the Space X Falcon 9 delivered its Dragon capsule to the ISS. The Falcon 9 rocket and the Dragon capsule were commercially developed and built by SpaceX, in partnership with NASA. Space X has received less than the cost of 1 Shuttle in this partnership with NASA to build a cargo carrier to the ISS. The trend has now begun to increase cargo flights by American's to the ISS.

Last week, NASA announced the awarding of $17.8 million contract to Bigelow Aerospace Corporation to build an inflatable module which could reach the space station as soon as 2015. The New York Times reported, "That is a bargain-basement price compared with most equipment the United States and other countries send into space, and the Bigelow agreement could serve as a model for how NASA puts together missions at lower costs by using a Kmart strategy: buying off-the-shelf pieces instead of developing its own designs.
Mervin Kelly, Bell Labs research director and eventually its president had two rules that capture the importance not only of what SpaceX, and Bigelow are doing but how they are doing it. They are taking existing technologies and building them better, cheaper or both. Mr. Bigelow licensed the technology to build the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) from NASA. The BEAM is scheduled to launch aboard the eighth SpaceX cargo resupply mission to the station contracted by NASA, currently planned for 2015.

A 2008 study titled "Where Do Innovations Come From?" concluded that partnerships among corporations, government laboratories, and federally funded university researchers has become increasingly essential to the U.S. innovation pipeline over the past several decades. In 2006, for instance, "77 of the 88 U.S. entities" that produced significant innovations, capitalism is more deeply intertwined with government than many of us realize." This is a trend we always explore at ISPCS.

The technologies the Bell Labs was responsible for inventing include integrated circuits, the transistor, they even began what is now wireless communications. I still have my IPhone, but at home I need a telephone operating on a land line. Past is Prologue.

In preparation for the next space symposium in October, I have been reading about the Bell Laboratories. Jon Gertner has written a book called The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great American Age of Innovation. At the symposium, we examine topics that include emerging trends in the commercial space industry. One of these trends is the increased access to the International Space Station, ISS.

Half of the American portion of the ISS is now a national laboratory called the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS). To paraphrase its' mission, Congress and NASA are tasked to use the ISS as a platform for innovation. Researchers, even fundraisers, educators, companies and federal agencies can use the ISS to conduct groundbreaking research. We have two national laboratories in New Mexico, Los Alamos and Sandia, and three research universities. New Mexico has leadership capability that goes deep into our history, we have a lot to offer this industry.

Let's connect a few dots here. The United State spent $1.6 billion dollars each time we launched the Space Shuttle. In 1988, Space Shuttle Endeavour started construction on the ISS. For most of the last years of the life of the Shuttle program, the orbiters were ferrying humans to orbit to build the ISS. In 2011, the United States shut the Shuttle program down. The ISS was complete. Sort of. Keep reading.

In 2012, the Space X Falcon 9 delivered its Dragon capsule to the ISS. The Falcon 9 rocket and the Dragon capsule were commercially developed and built by SpaceX, in partnership with NASA. Space X has received less than the cost of 1 Shuttle in this partnership with NASA to build a cargo carrier to the ISS. The trend has now begun to increase cargo flights by American's to the ISS.

Last week, NASA announced the awarding of $17.8 million contract to Bigelow Aerospace Corporation to build an inflatable module which could reach the space station as soon as 2015. The New York Times reported, "That is a bargain-basement price compared with most equipment the United States and other countries send into space, and the Bigelow agreement could serve as a model for how NASA puts together missions at lower costs by using a Kmart strategy: buying off-the-shelf pieces instead of developing its own designs.
Mervin Kelly, Bell Labs research director and eventually its president had two rules that capture the importance not only of what SpaceX, and Bigelow are doing but how they are doing it. They are taking existing technologies and building them better, cheaper or both. Mr. Bigelow licensed the technology to build the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) from NASA. The BEAM is scheduled to launch aboard the eighth SpaceX cargo resupply mission to the station contracted by NASA, currently planned for 2015.

A 2008 study titled "Where Do Innovations Come From?" concluded that partnerships among corporations, government laboratories, and federally funded university researchers has become increasingly essential to the U.S. innovation pipeline over the past several decades. In 2006, for instance, "77 of the 88 U.S. entities" that produced significant innovations, capitalism is more deeply intertwined with government than many of us realize." This is a trend we always explore at ISPCS.

The technologies the Bell Labs was responsible for inventing include integrated circuits, the transistor, they even began what is now wireless communications. I still have my IPhone, but at home I need a telephone operating on a land line. Past is Prologue.

In preparation for the next space symposium in October, I have been reading about the Bell Laboratories. Jon Gertner has written a book called The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great American Age of Innovation. At the symposium, we examine topics that include emerging trends in the commercial space industry. One of these trends is the increased access to the International Space Station, ISS.

Half of the American portion of the ISS is now a national laboratory called the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS). To paraphrase its' mission, Congress and NASA are tasked to use the ISS as a platform for innovation. Researchers, even fundraisers, educators, companies and federal agencies can use the ISS to conduct groundbreaking research. We have two national laboratories in New Mexico, Los Alamos and Sandia, and three research universities. New Mexico has leadership capability that goes deep into our history, we have a lot to offer this industry.

Let's connect a few dots here. The United State spent $1.6 billion dollars each time we launched the Space Shuttle. In 1988, Space Shuttle Endeavour started construction on the ISS. For most of the last years of the life of the Shuttle program, the orbiters were ferrying humans to orbit to build the ISS. In 2011, the United States shut the Shuttle program down. The ISS was complete. Sort of. Keep reading.

In 2012, the Space X Falcon 9 delivered its Dragon capsule to the ISS. The Falcon 9 rocket and the Dragon capsule were commercially developed and built by SpaceX, in partnership with NASA. Space X has received less than the cost of 1 Shuttle in this partnership with NASA to build a cargo carrier to the ISS. The trend has now begun to increase cargo flights by American's to the ISS.

Last week, NASA announced the awarding of $17.8 million contract to Bigelow Aerospace Corporation to build an inflatable module which could reach the space station as soon as 2015. The New York Times reported, "That is a bargain-basement price compared with most equipment the United States and other countries send into space, and the Bigelow agreement could serve as a model for how NASA puts together missions at lower costs by using a Kmart strategy: buying off-the-shelf pieces instead of developing its own designs.
Mervin Kelly, Bell Labs research director and eventually its president had two rules that capture the importance not only of what SpaceX, and Bigelow are doing but how they are doing it. They are taking existing technologies and building them better, cheaper or both. Mr. Bigelow licensed the technology to build the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) from NASA. The BEAM is scheduled to launch aboard the eighth SpaceX cargo resupply mission to the station contracted by NASA, currently planned for 2015.

A 2008 study titled "Where Do Innovations Come From?" concluded that partnerships among corporations, government laboratories, and federally funded university researchers has become increasingly essential to the U.S. innovation pipeline over the past several decades. In 2006, for instance, "77 of the 88 U.S. entities" that produced significant innovations, capitalism is more deeply intertwined with government than many of us realize." This is a trend we always explore at ISPCS.

The technologies the Bell Labs was responsible for inventing include integrated circuits, the transistor, they even began what is now wireless communications. I still have my IPhone, but at home I need a telephone operating on a land line. Past is Prologue.

In preparation for the next space symposium in October, I have been reading about the Bell Laboratories. Jon Gertner has written a book called The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great American Age of Innovation. At the symposium, we examine topics that include emerging trends in the commercial space industry. One of these trends is the increased access to the International Space Station, ISS.

Half of the American portion of the ISS is now a national laboratory called the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS). To paraphrase its' mission, Congress and NASA are tasked to use the ISS as a platform for innovation. Researchers, even fundraisers, educators, companies and federal agencies can use the ISS to conduct groundbreaking research. We have two national laboratories in New Mexico, Los Alamos and Sandia, and three research universities. New Mexico has leadership capability that goes deep into our history, we have a lot to offer this industry.

Let's connect a few dots here. The United State spent $1.6 billion dollars each time we launched the Space Shuttle. In 1988, Space Shuttle Endeavour started construction on the ISS. For most of the last years of the life of the Shuttle program, the orbiters were ferrying humans to orbit to build the ISS. In 2011, the United States shut the Shuttle program down. The ISS was complete. Sort of. Keep reading.

In 2012, the Space X Falcon 9 delivered its Dragon capsule to the ISS. The Falcon 9 rocket and the Dragon capsule were commercially developed and built by SpaceX, in partnership with NASA. Space X has received less than the cost of 1 Shuttle in this partnership with NASA to build a cargo carrier to the ISS. The trend has now begun to increase cargo flights by American's to the ISS.

Last week, NASA announced the awarding of $17.8 million contract to Bigelow Aerospace Corporation to build an inflatable module which could reach the space station as soon as 2015. The New York Times reported, "That is a bargain-basement price compared with most equipment the United States and other countries send into space, and the Bigelow agreement could serve as a model for how NASA puts together missions at lower costs by using a Kmart strategy: buying off-the-shelf pieces instead of developing its own designs.
Mervin Kelly, Bell Labs research director and eventually its president had two rules that capture the importance not only of what SpaceX, and Bigelow are doing but how they are doing it. They are taking existing technologies and building them better, cheaper or both. Mr. Bigelow licensed the technology to build the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) from NASA. The BEAM is scheduled to launch aboard the eighth SpaceX cargo resupply mission to the station contracted by NASA, currently planned for 2015.

A 2008 study titled "Where Do Innovations Come From?" concluded that partnerships among corporations, government laboratories, and federally funded university researchers has become increasingly essential to the U.S. innovation pipeline over the past several decades. In 2006, for instance, "77 of the 88 U.S. entities" that produced significant innovations, capitalism is more deeply intertwined with government than many of us realize." This is a trend we always explore at ISPCS.

The technologies the Bell Labs was responsible for inventing include integrated circuits, the transistor, they even began what is now wireless communications. I still have my IPhone, but at home I need a telephone operating on a land line. Past is Prologue.

In preparation for the next space symposium in October, I have been reading about the Bell Laboratories. Jon Gertner has written a book called The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great American Age of Innovation. At the symposium, we examine topics that include emerging trends in the commercial space industry. One of these trends is the increased access to the International Space Station, ISS.

Half of the American portion of the ISS is now a national laboratory called the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS). To paraphrase its' mission, Congress and NASA are tasked to use the ISS as a platform for innovation. Researchers, even fundraisers, educators, companies and federal agencies can use the ISS to conduct groundbreaking research. We have two national laboratories in New Mexico, Los Alamos and Sandia, and three research universities. New Mexico has leadership capability that goes deep into our history, we have a lot to offer this industry.

Let's connect a few dots here. The United State spent $1.6 billion dollars each time we launched the Space Shuttle. In 1988, Space Shuttle Endeavour started construction on the ISS. For most of the last years of the life of the Shuttle program, the orbiters were ferrying humans to orbit to build the ISS. In 2011, the United States shut the Shuttle program down. The ISS was complete. Sort of. Keep reading.

In 2012, the Space X Falcon 9 delivered its Dragon capsule to the ISS. The Falcon 9 rocket and the Dragon capsule were commercially developed and built by SpaceX, in partnership with NASA. Space X has received less than the cost of 1 Shuttle in this partnership with NASA to build a cargo carrier to the ISS. The trend has now begun to increase cargo flights by American's to the ISS.

Last week, NASA announced the awarding of $17.8 million contract to Bigelow Aerospace Corporation to build an inflatable module which could reach the space station as soon as 2015. The New York Times reported, "That is a bargain-basement price compared with most equipment the United States and other countries send into space, and the Bigelow agreement could serve as a model for how NASA puts together missions at lower costs by using a Kmart strategy: buying off-the-shelf pieces instead of developing its own designs.
Mervin Kelly, Bell Labs research director and eventually its president had two rules that capture the importance not only of what SpaceX, and Bigelow are doing but how they are doing it. They are taking existing technologies and building them better, cheaper or both. Mr. Bigelow licensed the technology to build the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) from NASA. The BEAM is scheduled to launch aboard the eighth SpaceX cargo resupply mission to the station contracted by NASA, currently planned for 2015.

A 2008 study titled "Where Do Innovations Come From?" concluded that partnerships among corporations, government laboratories, and federally funded university researchers has become increasingly essential to the U.S. innovation pipeline over the past several decades. In 2006, for instance, "77 of the 88 U.S. entities" that produced significant innovations, capitalism is more deeply intertwined with government than many of us realize." This is a trend we always explore at ISPCS.

The technologies the Bell Labs was responsible for inventing include integrated circuits, the transistor, they even began what is now wireless communications. I still have my IPhone, but at home I need a telephone operating on a land line. Past is Prologue.

There are no dumb questions. Really? Its tempting, really tempting sometimes to prove that one wrong. However, I have a point here. We all get them, so it must have been a kinder person than me who said, there are only dumb answers. As the holidays approach and there are an increased number of gatherings and with them comes talking. There is no lost art of conversation in my life. The art of conversation has to be there in the first place, before it can get lost.

I went to my sister's house with my Dad for Thanksgiving. I have not been to my sister's house in San Francisco since my mother's funeral. There was no big party planned, no extravagant dinner either. It was family time. I had to face it, I was anxious. What were we going to talk about? If someone talks to me about Spaceport America, or why we are not going orbital from New Mexico, I got that one. Forget the physics, single or dual stage re-usable orbital vehicles do not exist. So, unless we drop a stage over Houston and they don't mind a piece of debris dropping on them every time we fly, orbital flights have to go over water so we can drop boosters in the water. Easy. Next question.

My family plays golf. I don't. The conversations about golf starts the second my Dad walks in the door, and ends at the airport when we all kiss goodbye and move the golf clubs to get the luggage out. In between, there is the usual jam session in the kitchen while dinner is being prepared for the vegan, vegetarians and the rest of us. Guitars, piano, playlist competition, your basic 2012 Thanksgiving family contact sports of cooking, cleaning, sitting and talking. But this time we had a new player, my niece, the Grand Inquisitor. She was home and staying with all 7 of us and golf was not on her agenda.

The Grand Inquisitor is about five feet tall. She has the long lashes and beautiful green eyes of a true Irish colleen. She is the last of three children. Her brother is in India, and her sister is in Portland. Now that I reflect, I believe she felt the great burden of representing the 3rd generation at Alice's Restaurant. Inside joke if you were her age in the 60's.

I work with people her age in my office at NMSU. Engineering students, government majors, even art and photography students work in my office. I am used to twenty something's helping me with my IPOD, telling me about the tv shows like Breaking Bad. I keep up - kind of. But, you are right, I never go home with them. They are on my turf.

My niece peppered everyone with questions. I think being the youngest in the family has something to do with it. I believe she sees her role as the questioner. On the first evening, she and I were up at midnight, still talking. My sister had joined us. Everyone else was sleeping. "Why didn't my mom and dad tell me they were going to start eating chicken? They were never hard on me and I think that is why I am not getting anywhere in my career, is that possible Aunt Pat? I am thinking about going into the Army, but I don't think I can make it through boot camp? Is it really that hard?"

I found myself trying to answer her questions; all the while realizing how wise she is. There was no age barrier, there was no separation. We were one with her, this fine small being wondering how to figure out where she has been and where to go. I believe she will be fine. She is asking the right questions. You know one of the secrets to solving any problem is to frame the problem in good questions. So just in case you are worried about the office Christmas Party, the next family gathering, see if you can find the Grand Inquisitor or become one yourself.

Congratulations to Austin Trout. A true champion. And, a small tribute to Dorothy Thomas. A woman of worth, humor and integrity who spent most of her adult life in service to New Mexico. I was proud to call you friend.

Who is going to end up wiser earlier. There are opportunities I realize to relax and enjoy parties without having to drink, eat or talk too much.

Under promise and over deliver. A key strategy to success in business, and life. The implications are that you know what you want to do, are able to communicate it and then deliver. Delivering promised results is a key trust building behavior. As I plan my goals for 2013 for the Student Launch Program (SLP), I realize delivering results is getting more complex.

A goal of the Student Launch Program is to provide annual access to space for student experiments. This goal has been achieved four times from 2008 to 20011. Two thousand eleven was our most successful year, providing access to space for 27 student experiments, bringing our total to 68. We also had paying customers on some of our flights. Those paying customers, combined with the proceeds from the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS) and funds raised from federal grants, all go to support the purchase price of $310,000 for the rocket and WSMR tracking service. Additional costs include covering the hardware to build experiments, integration costs, funds to train teachers and faculty, and transportation costs to the launch site.

The New Mexico Space Grant (NMSGC), founder of the Student Launch Program, wrote a proposal to NASA in 2011. It was to provide this unique Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) program to 133 schools in New Mexico, Texas and Arizona.

Teachers came to New Mexico State University for a week of training provided by NASA, our colleagues at NASA White Sands Test Facility, and also from the SEMMA program. NMSU, the 133 schools including those from Las Cruces, Truth or Consequences, community partners including Spaceport America, NASA WSTF WSMR, provided a learning community for middle and high school teachers. A learning community's goal is to acquire new skills while applying their existing skills to solving progressively more difficult problems. The final output of the week was to provide enough capability and capacity so each teacher could return to their school and propose a competitive project to fly on the 26 slots we had on the rocket.

The 2011, $2 million project was funded by NASA. Over three years NMSGC recruited 133 teachers from 4 states, delivered the summer institute, procured the rocket, paid for teacher travel, supported the expense of building the experiments, and sending them to space. We paid the transportation expenses for over 800 students, teachers and parents to come to Spaceport America to observe the launch. We built a laboratory at the spaceport for data analysis once the experiments returned to earth. We then have been tracking over 1,000 students who participated in the school based exercised during 2011.

When we first started the Student Launch Program in 1995, we launched from White Sands Missile Range. Students and teachers came in teams to NMSU for a week. They not only built their electronic multi-sensor payloads, they also built the high powered model rockets. The rockets went to 10,000 feet, now we go to 62 miles. We had an average of 10 teams, flew 10 rockets and 10 experiments per campaign.

The multi-sensor electronic experiments typically measured temperature inside the rocket, acceleration, spin, and altitude. The experiments were built by the students and teachers together. Post launch, the students and teachers took the data from their experiments, ran it through the analysis and plotting software, and complied data to come up with the final flight profile for their campaign.

Now almost 20 year later, we provide access to space, education programs, and run flight campaigns. We are building a commercial space transportation industry in New Mexico. We have a vehicle that is reliably providing access to space. We helped configure that vehicle through the Student Launch Program so it is reusable and returns our experiments to earth in pristine condition. Next step will be to insure we have experiments worthy of the cost of sending them to space.

We have the support of our learning community. Now it is time to develop an array of laboratories here in Dona Ana and Sierra County. It's ambitious, necessary, and possible. We will hire a dedicated, experienced physics educator with an engineering and space background. We will refine our objectives and set goals to build facilities to enable us to design, test and fly experiments worthy of commercial support to eventually enable the program to be self-sustaining. We will expand our partnerships, and set the expectation to have research laboratories advise us on this program. This will start in 2013. Then we will look at results. Again.

Under promise and over deliver. A key strategy to success in business, and life. The implications are that you know what you want to do, are able to communicate it and then deliver. Delivering promised results is a key trust building behavior. As I plan my goals for 2013 for the Student Launch Program (SLP), I realize delivering results is getting more complex.

A goal of the Student Launch Program is to provide annual access to space for student experiments. This goal has been achieved four times from 2008 to 20011. Two thousand eleven was our most successful year, providing access to space for 27 student experiments, bringing our total to 68. We also had paying customers on some of our flights. Those paying customers, combined with the proceeds from the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS) and funds raised from federal grants, all go to support the purchase price of $310,000 for the rocket and WSMR tracking service. Additional costs include covering the hardware to build experiments, integration costs, funds to train teachers and faculty, and transportation costs to the launch site.

The New Mexico Space Grant (NMSGC), founder of the Student Launch Program, wrote a proposal to NASA in 2011. It was to provide this unique Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) program to 133 schools in New Mexico, Texas and Arizona.

Teachers came to New Mexico State University for a week of training provided by NASA, our colleagues at NASA White Sands Test Facility, and also from the SEMMA program. NMSU, the 133 schools including those from Las Cruces, Truth or Consequences, community partners including Spaceport America, NASA WSTF WSMR, provided a learning community for middle and high school teachers. A learning community's goal is to acquire new skills while applying their existing skills to solving progressively more difficult problems. The final output of the week was to provide enough capability and capacity so each teacher could return to their school and propose a competitive project to fly on the 26 slots we had on the rocket.

The 2011, $2 million project was funded by NASA. Over three years NMSGC recruited 133 teachers from 4 states, delivered the summer institute, procured the rocket, paid for teacher travel, supported the expense of building the experiments, and sending them to space. We paid the transportation expenses for over 800 students, teachers and parents to come to Spaceport America to observe the launch. We built a laboratory at the spaceport for data analysis once the experiments returned to earth. We then have been tracking over 1,000 students who participated in the school based exercised during 2011.

When we first started the Student Launch Program in 1995, we launched from White Sands Missile Range. Students and teachers came in teams to NMSU for a week. They not only built their electronic multi-sensor payloads, they also built the high powered model rockets. The rockets went to 10,000 feet, now we go to 62 miles. We had an average of 10 teams, flew 10 rockets and 10 experiments per campaign.

The multi-sensor electronic experiments typically measured temperature inside the rocket, acceleration, spin, and altitude. The experiments were built by the students and teachers together. Post launch, the students and teachers took the data from their experiments, ran it through the analysis and plotting software, and complied data to come up with the final flight profile for their campaign.

Now almost 20 year later, we provide access to space, education programs, and run flight campaigns. We are building a commercial space transportation industry in New Mexico. We have a vehicle that is reliably providing access to space. We helped configure that vehicle through the Student Launch Program so it is reusable and returns our experiments to earth in pristine condition. Next step will be to insure we have experiments worthy of the cost of sending them to space.

We have the support of our learning community. Now it is time to develop an array of laboratories here in Dona Ana and Sierra County. It's ambitious, necessary, and possible. We will hire a dedicated, experienced physics educator with an engineering and space background. We will refine our objectives and set goals to build facilities to enable us to design, test and fly experiments worthy of commercial support to eventually enable the program to be self-sustaining. We will expand our partnerships, and set the expectation to have research laboratories advise us on this program. This will start in 2013. Then we will look at results. Again.

Under promise and over deliver. A key strategy to success in business, and life. The implications are that you know what you want to do, are able to communicate it and then deliver. Delivering promised results is a key trust building behavior. As I plan my goals for 2013 for the Student Launch Program (SLP), I realize delivering results is getting more complex.

A goal of the Student Launch Program is to provide annual access to space for student experiments. This goal has been achieved four times from 2008 to 20011. Two thousand eleven was our most successful year, providing access to space for 27 student experiments, bringing our total to 68. We also had paying customers on some of our flights. Those paying customers, combined with the proceeds from the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS) and funds raised from federal grants, all go to support the purchase price of $310,000 for the rocket and WSMR tracking service. Additional costs include covering the hardware to build experiments, integration costs, funds to train teachers and faculty, and transportation costs to the launch site.

The New Mexico Space Grant (NMSGC), founder of the Student Launch Program, wrote a proposal to NASA in 2011. It was to provide this unique Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) program to 133 schools in New Mexico, Texas and Arizona.

Teachers came to New Mexico State University for a week of training provided by NASA, our colleagues at NASA White Sands Test Facility, and also from the SEMMA program. NMSU, the 133 schools including those from Las Cruces, Truth or Consequences, community partners including Spaceport America, NASA WSTF WSMR, provided a learning community for middle and high school teachers. A learning community's goal is to acquire new skills while applying their existing skills to solving progressively more difficult problems. The final output of the week was to provide enough capability and capacity so each teacher could return to their school and propose a competitive project to fly on the 26 slots we had on the rocket.

The 2011, $2 million project was funded by NASA. Over three years NMSGC recruited 133 teachers from 4 states, delivered the summer institute, procured the rocket, paid for teacher travel, supported the expense of building the experiments, and sending them to space. We paid the transportation expenses for over 800 students, teachers and parents to come to Spaceport America to observe the launch. We built a laboratory at the spaceport for data analysis once the experiments returned to earth. We then have been tracking over 1,000 students who participated in the school based exercised during 2011.

When we first started the Student Launch Program in 1995, we launched from White Sands Missile Range. Students and teachers came in teams to NMSU for a week. They not only built their electronic multi-sensor payloads, they also built the high powered model rockets. The rockets went to 10,000 feet, now we go to 62 miles. We had an average of 10 teams, flew 10 rockets and 10 experiments per campaign.

The multi-sensor electronic experiments typically measured temperature inside the rocket, acceleration, spin, and altitude. The experiments were built by the students and teachers together. Post launch, the students and teachers took the data from their experiments, ran it through the analysis and plotting software, and complied data to come up with the final flight profile for their campaign.

Now almost 20 year later, we provide access to space, education programs, and run flight campaigns. We are building a commercial space transportation industry in New Mexico. We have a vehicle that is reliably providing access to space. We helped configure that vehicle through the Student Launch Program so it is reusable and returns our experiments to earth in pristine condition. Next step will be to insure we have experiments worthy of the cost of sending them to space.

We have the support of our learning community. Now it is time to develop an array of laboratories here in Dona Ana and Sierra County. It's ambitious, necessary, and possible. We will hire a dedicated, experienced physics educator with an engineering and space background. We will refine our objectives and set goals to build facilities to enable us to design, test and fly experiments worthy of commercial support to eventually enable the program to be self-sustaining. We will expand our partnerships, and set the expectation to have research laboratories advise us on this program. This will start in 2013. Then we will look at results. Again.

Under promise and over deliver. A key strategy to success in business, and life. The implications are that you know what you want to do, are able to communicate it and then deliver. Delivering promised results is a key trust building behavior. As I plan my goals for 2013 for the Student Launch Program (SLP), I realize delivering results is getting more complex.

A goal of the Student Launch Program is to provide annual access to space for student experiments. This goal has been achieved four times from 2008 to 20011. Two thousand eleven was our most successful year, providing access to space for 27 student experiments, bringing our total to 68. We also had paying customers on some of our flights. Those paying customers, combined with the proceeds from the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS) and funds raised from federal grants, all go to support the purchase price of $310,000 for the rocket and WSMR tracking service. Additional costs include covering the hardware to build experiments, integration costs, funds to train teachers and faculty, and transportation costs to the launch site.

The New Mexico Space Grant (NMSGC), founder of the Student Launch Program, wrote a proposal to NASA in 2011. It was to provide this unique Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) program to 133 schools in New Mexico, Texas and Arizona.

Teachers came to New Mexico State University for a week of training provided by NASA, our colleagues at NASA White Sands Test Facility, and also from the SEMMA program. NMSU, the 133 schools including those from Las Cruces, Truth or Consequences, community partners including Spaceport America, NASA WSTF WSMR, provided a learning community for middle and high school teachers. A learning community's goal is to acquire new skills while applying their existing skills to solving progressively more difficult problems. The final output of the week was to provide enough capability and capacity so each teacher could return to their school and propose a competitive project to fly on the 26 slots we had on the rocket.

The 2011, $2 million project was funded by NASA. Over three years NMSGC recruited 133 teachers from 4 states, delivered the summer institute, procured the rocket, paid for teacher travel, supported the expense of building the experiments, and sending them to space. We paid the transportation expenses for over 800 students, teachers and parents to come to Spaceport America to observe the launch. We built a laboratory at the spaceport for data analysis once the experiments returned to earth. We then have been tracking over 1,000 students who participated in the school based exercised during 2011.

When we first started the Student Launch Program in 1995, we launched from White Sands Missile Range. Students and teachers came in teams to NMSU for a week. They not only built their electronic multi-sensor payloads, they also built the high powered model rockets. The rockets went to 10,000 feet, now we go to 62 miles. We had an average of 10 teams, flew 10 rockets and 10 experiments per campaign.

The multi-sensor electronic experiments typically measured temperature inside the rocket, acceleration, spin, and altitude. The experiments were built by the students and teachers together. Post launch, the students and teachers took the data from their experiments, ran it through the analysis and plotting software, and complied data to come up with the final flight profile for their campaign.

Now almost 20 year later, we provide access to space, education programs, and run flight campaigns. We are building a commercial space transportation industry in New Mexico. We have a vehicle that is reliably providing access to space. We helped configure that vehicle through the Student Launch Program so it is reusable and returns our experiments to earth in pristine condition. Next step will be to insure we have experiments worthy of the cost of sending them to space.

We have the support of our learning community. Now it is time to develop an array of laboratories here in Dona Ana and Sierra County. It's ambitious, necessary, and possible. We will hire a dedicated, experienced physics educator with an engineering and space background. We will refine our objectives and set goals to build facilities to enable us to design, test and fly experiments worthy of commercial support to eventually enable the program to be self-sustaining. We will expand our partnerships, and set the expectation to have research laboratories advise us on this program. This will start in 2013. Then we will look at results. Again.

Under promise and over deliver. A key strategy to success in business, and life. The implications are that you know what you want to do, are able to communicate it and then deliver. Delivering promised results is a key trust building behavior. As I plan my goals for 2013 for the Student Launch Program (SLP), I realize delivering results is getting more complex.

A goal of the Student Launch Program is to provide annual access to space for student experiments. This goal has been achieved four times from 2008 to 20011. Two thousand eleven was our most successful year, providing access to space for 27 student experiments, bringing our total to 68. We also had paying customers on some of our flights. Those paying customers, combined with the proceeds from the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS) and funds raised from federal grants, all go to support the purchase price of $310,000 for the rocket and WSMR tracking service. Additional costs include covering the hardware to build experiments, integration costs, funds to train teachers and faculty, and transportation costs to the launch site.

The New Mexico Space Grant (NMSGC), founder of the Student Launch Program, wrote a proposal to NASA in 2011. It was to provide this unique Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) program to 133 schools in New Mexico, Texas and Arizona.

Teachers came to New Mexico State University for a week of training provided by NASA, our colleagues at NASA White Sands Test Facility, and also from the SEMMA program. NMSU, the 133 schools including those from Las Cruces, Truth or Consequences, community partners including Spaceport America, NASA WSTF WSMR, provided a learning community for middle and high school teachers. A learning community's goal is to acquire new skills while applying their existing skills to solving progressively more difficult problems. The final output of the week was to provide enough capability and capacity so each teacher could return to their school and propose a competitive project to fly on the 26 slots we had on the rocket.

The 2011, $2 million project was funded by NASA. Over three years NMSGC recruited 133 teachers from 4 states, delivered the summer institute, procured the rocket, paid for teacher travel, supported the expense of building the experiments, and sending them to space. We paid the transportation expenses for over 800 students, teachers and parents to come to Spaceport America to observe the launch. We built a laboratory at the spaceport for data analysis once the experiments returned to earth. We then have been tracking over 1,000 students who participated in the school based exercised during 2011.

When we first started the Student Launch Program in 1995, we launched from White Sands Missile Range. Students and teachers came in teams to NMSU for a week. They not only built their electronic multi-sensor payloads, they also built the high powered model rockets. The rockets went to 10,000 feet, now we go to 62 miles. We had an average of 10 teams, flew 10 rockets and 10 experiments per campaign.

The multi-sensor electronic experiments typically measured temperature inside the rocket, acceleration, spin, and altitude. The experiments were built by the students and teachers together. Post launch, the students and teachers took the data from their experiments, ran it through the analysis and plotting software, and complied data to come up with the final flight profile for their campaign.

Now almost 20 year later, we provide access to space, education programs, and run flight campaigns. We are building a commercial space transportation industry in New Mexico. We have a vehicle that is reliably providing access to space. We helped configure that vehicle through the Student Launch Program so it is reusable and returns our experiments to earth in pristine condition. Next step will be to insure we have experiments worthy of the cost of sending them to space.

We have the support of our learning community. Now it is time to develop an array of laboratories here in Dona Ana and Sierra County. It's ambitious, necessary, and possible. We will hire a dedicated, experienced physics educator with an engineering and space background. We will refine our objectives and set goals to build facilities to enable us to design, test and fly experiments worthy of commercial support to eventually enable the program to be self-sustaining. We will expand our partnerships, and set the expectation to have research laboratories advise us on this program. This will start in 2013. Then we will look at results. Again.

Under promise and over deliver. A key strategy to success in business, and life. The implications are that you know what you want to do, are able to communicate it and then deliver. Delivering promised results is a key trust building behavior. As I plan my goals for 2013 for the Student Launch Program (SLP), I realize delivering results is getting more complex.

A goal of the Student Launch Program is to provide annual access to space for student experiments. This goal has been achieved four times from 2008 to 20011. Two thousand eleven was our most successful year, providing access to space for 27 student experiments, bringing our total to 68. We also had paying customers on some of our flights. Those paying customers, combined with the proceeds from the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS) and funds raised from federal grants, all go to support the purchase price of $310,000 for the rocket and WSMR tracking service. Additional costs include covering the hardware to build experiments, integration costs, funds to train teachers and faculty, and transportation costs to the launch site.

The New Mexico Space Grant (NMSGC), founder of the Student Launch Program, wrote a proposal to NASA in 2011. It was to provide this unique Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) program to 133 schools in New Mexico, Texas and Arizona.

Teachers came to New Mexico State University for a week of training provided by NASA, our colleagues at NASA White Sands Test Facility, and also from the SEMMA program. NMSU, the 133 schools including those from Las Cruces, Truth or Consequences, community partners including Spaceport America, NASA WSTF WSMR, provided a learning community for middle and high school teachers. A learning community's goal is to acquire new skills while applying their existing skills to solving progressively more difficult problems. The final output of the week was to provide enough capability and capacity so each teacher could return to their school and propose a competitive project to fly on the 26 slots we had on the rocket.

The 2011, $2 million project was funded by NASA. Over three years NMSGC recruited 133 teachers from 4 states, delivered the summer institute, procured the rocket, paid for teacher travel, supported the expense of building the experiments, and sending them to space. We paid the transportation expenses for over 800 students, teachers and parents to come to Spaceport America to observe the launch. We built a laboratory at the spaceport for data analysis once the experiments returned to earth. We then have been tracking over 1,000 students who participated in the school based exercised during 2011.

When we first started the Student Launch Program in 1995, we launched from White Sands Missile Range. Students and teachers came in teams to NMSU for a week. They not only built their electronic multi-sensor payloads, they also built the high powered model rockets. The rockets went to 10,000 feet, now we go to 62 miles. We had an average of 10 teams, flew 10 rockets and 10 experiments per campaign.

The multi-sensor electronic experiments typically measured temperature inside the rocket, acceleration, spin, and altitude. The experiments were built by the students and teachers together. Post launch, the students and teachers took the data from their experiments, ran it through the analysis and plotting software, and complied data to come up with the final flight profile for their campaign.

Now almost 20 year later, we provide access to space, education programs, and run flight campaigns. We are building a commercial space transportation industry in New Mexico. We have a vehicle that is reliably providing access to space. We helped configure that vehicle through the Student Launch Program so it is reusable and returns our experiments to earth in pristine condition. Next step will be to insure we have experiments worthy of the cost of sending them to space.

We have the support of our learning community. Now it is time to develop an array of laboratories here in Dona Ana and Sierra County. It's ambitious, necessary, and possible. We will hire a dedicated, experienced physics educator with an engineering and space background. We will refine our objectives and set goals to build facilities to enable us to design, test and fly experiments worthy of commercial support to eventually enable the program to be self-sustaining. We will expand our partnerships, and set the expectation to have research laboratories advise us on this program. This will start in 2013. Then we will look at results. Again.

Under promise and over deliver. A key strategy to success in business, and life. The implications are that you know what you want to do, are able to communicate it and then deliver. Delivering promised results is a key trust building behavior. As I plan my goals for 2013 for the Student Launch Program (SLP), I realize delivering results is getting more complex.

A goal of the Student Launch Program is to provide annual access to space for student experiments. This goal has been achieved four times from 2008 to 20011. Two thousand eleven was our most successful year, providing access to space for 27 student experiments, bringing our total to 68. We also had paying customers on some of our flights. Those paying customers, combined with the proceeds from the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS) and funds raised from federal grants, all go to support the purchase price of $310,000 for the rocket and WSMR tracking service. Additional costs include covering the hardware to build experiments, integration costs, funds to train teachers and faculty, and transportation costs to the launch site.

The New Mexico Space Grant (NMSGC), founder of the Student Launch Program, wrote a proposal to NASA in 2011. It was to provide this unique Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) program to 133 schools in New Mexico, Texas and Arizona.

Teachers came to New Mexico State University for a week of training provided by NASA, our colleagues at NASA White Sands Test Facility, and also from the SEMMA program. NMSU, the 133 schools including those from Las Cruces, Truth or Consequences, community partners including Spaceport America, NASA WSTF WSMR, provided a learning community for middle and high school teachers. A learning community's goal is to acquire new skills while applying their existing skills to solving progressively more difficult problems. The final output of the week was to provide enough capability and capacity so each teacher could return to their school and propose a competitive project to fly on the 26 slots we had on the rocket.

The 2011, $2 million project was funded by NASA. Over three years NMSGC recruited 133 teachers from 4 states, delivered the summer institute, procured the rocket, paid for teacher travel, supported the expense of building the experiments, and sending them to space. We paid the transportation expenses for over 800 students, teachers and parents to come to Spaceport America to observe the launch. We built a laboratory at the spaceport for data analysis once the experiments returned to earth. We then have been tracking over 1,000 students who participated in the school based exercised during 2011.

When we first started the Student Launch Program in 1995, we launched from White Sands Missile Range. Students and teachers came in teams to NMSU for a week. They not only built their electronic multi-sensor payloads, they also built the high powered model rockets. The rockets went to 10,000 feet, now we go to 62 miles. We had an average of 10 teams, flew 10 rockets and 10 experiments per campaign.

The multi-sensor electronic experiments typically measured temperature inside the rocket, acceleration, spin, and altitude. The experiments were built by the students and teachers together. Post launch, the students and teachers took the data from their experiments, ran it through the analysis and plotting software, and complied data to come up with the final flight profile for their campaign.

Now almost 20 year later, we provide access to space, education programs, and run flight campaigns. We are building a commercial space transportation industry in New Mexico. We have a vehicle that is reliably providing access to space. We helped configure that vehicle through the Student Launch Program so it is reusable and returns our experiments to earth in pristine condition. Next step will be to insure we have experiments worthy of the cost of sending them to space.

We have the support of our learning community. Now it is time to develop an array of laboratories here in Dona Ana and Sierra County. It's ambitious, necessary, and possible. We will hire a dedicated, experienced physics educator with an engineering and space background. We will refine our objectives and set goals to build facilities to enable us to design, test and fly experiments worthy of commercial support to eventually enable the program to be self-sustaining. We will expand our partnerships, and set the expectation to have research laboratories advise us on this program. This will start in 2013. Then we will look at results. Again.

Under promise and over deliver. A key strategy to success in business, and life. The implications are that you know what you want to do, are able to communicate it and then deliver. Delivering promised results is a key trust building behavior. As I plan my goals for 2013 for the Student Launch Program (SLP), I realize delivering results is getting more complex.

A goal of the Student Launch Program is to provide annual access to space for student experiments. This goal has been achieved four times from 2008 to 20011. Two thousand eleven was our most successful year, providing access to space for 27 student experiments, bringing our total to 68. We also had paying customers on some of our flights. Those paying customers, combined with the proceeds from the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS) and funds raised from federal grants, all go to support the purchase price of $310,000 for the rocket and WSMR tracking service. Additional costs include covering the hardware to build experiments, integration costs, funds to train teachers and faculty, and transportation costs to the launch site.

The New Mexico Space Grant (NMSGC), founder of the Student Launch Program, wrote a proposal to NASA in 2011. It was to provide this unique Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) program to 133 schools in New Mexico, Texas and Arizona.

Teachers came to New Mexico State University for a week of training provided by NASA, our colleagues at NASA White Sands Test Facility, and also from the SEMMA program. NMSU, the 133 schools including those from Las Cruces, Truth or Consequences, community partners including Spaceport America, NASA WSTF WSMR, provided a learning community for middle and high school teachers. A learning community's goal is to acquire new skills while applying their existing skills to solving progressively more difficult problems. The final output of the week was to provide enough capability and capacity so each teacher could return to their school and propose a competitive project to fly on the 26 slots we had on the rocket.

The 2011, $2 million project was funded by NASA. Over three years NMSGC recruited 133 teachers from 4 states, delivered the summer institute, procured the rocket, paid for teacher travel, supported the expense of building the experiments, and sending them to space. We paid the transportation expenses for over 800 students, teachers and parents to come to Spaceport America to observe the launch. We built a laboratory at the spaceport for data analysis once the experiments returned to earth. We then have been tracking over 1,000 students who participated in the school based exercised during 2011.

When we first started the Student Launch Program in 1995, we launched from White Sands Missile Range. Students and teachers came in teams to NMSU for a week. They not only built their electronic multi-sensor payloads, they also built the high powered model rockets. The rockets went to 10,000 feet, now we go to 62 miles. We had an average of 10 teams, flew 10 rockets and 10 experiments per campaign.

The multi-sensor electronic experiments typically measured temperature inside the rocket, acceleration, spin, and altitude. The experiments were built by the students and teachers together. Post launch, the students and teachers took the data from their experiments, ran it through the analysis and plotting software, and complied data to come up with the final flight profile for their campaign.

Now almost 20 year later, we provide access to space, education programs, and run flight campaigns. We are building a commercial space transportation industry in New Mexico. We have a vehicle that is reliably providing access to space. We helped configure that vehicle through the Student Launch Program so it is reusable and returns our experiments to earth in pristine condition. Next step will be to insure we have experiments worthy of the cost of sending them to space.

We have the support of our learning community. Now it is time to develop an array of laboratories here in Dona Ana and Sierra County. It's ambitious, necessary, and possible. We will hire a dedicated, experienced physics educator with an engineering and space background. We will refine our objectives and set goals to build facilities to enable us to design, test and fly experiments worthy of commercial support to eventually enable the program to be self-sustaining. We will expand our partnerships, and set the expectation to have research laboratories advise us on this program. This will start in 2013. Then we will look at results. Again.

Under promise and over deliver. A key strategy to success in business, and life. The implications are that you know what you want to do, are able to communicate it and then deliver. Delivering promised results is a key trust building behavior. As I plan my goals for 2013 for the Student Launch Program (SLP), I realize delivering results is getting more complex.

A goal of the Student Launch Program is to provide annual access to space for student experiments. This goal has been achieved four times from 2008 to 20011. Two thousand eleven was our most successful year, providing access to space for 27 student experiments, bringing our total to 68. We also had paying customers on some of our flights. Those paying customers, combined with the proceeds from the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS) and funds raised from federal grants, all go to support the purchase price of $310,000 for the rocket and WSMR tracking service. Additional costs include covering the hardware to build experiments, integration costs, funds to train teachers and faculty, and transportation costs to the launch site.

The New Mexico Space Grant (NMSGC), founder of the Student Launch Program, wrote a proposal to NASA in 2011. It was to provide this unique Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) program to 133 schools in New Mexico, Texas and Arizona.

Teachers came to New Mexico State University for a week of training provided by NASA, our colleagues at NASA White Sands Test Facility, and also from the SEMMA program. NMSU, the 133 schools including those from Las Cruces, Truth or Consequences, community partners including Spaceport America, NASA WSTF WSMR, provided a learning community for middle and high school teachers. A learning community's goal is to acquire new skills while applying their existing skills to solving progressively more difficult problems. The final output of the week was to provide enough capability and capacity so each teacher could return to their school and propose a competitive project to fly on the 26 slots we had on the rocket.

The 2011, $2 million project was funded by NASA. Over three years NMSGC recruited 133 teachers from 4 states, delivered the summer institute, procured the rocket, paid for teacher travel, supported the expense of building the experiments, and sending them to space. We paid the transportation expenses for over 800 students, teachers and parents to come to Spaceport America to observe the launch. We built a laboratory at the spaceport for data analysis once the experiments returned to earth. We then have been tracking over 1,000 students who participated in the school based exercised during 2011.

When we first started the Student Launch Program in 1995, we launched from White Sands Missile Range. Students and teachers came in teams to NMSU for a week. They not only built their electronic multi-sensor payloads, they also built the high powered model rockets. The rockets went to 10,000 feet, now we go to 62 miles. We had an average of 10 teams, flew 10 rockets and 10 experiments per campaign.

The multi-sensor electronic experiments typically measured temperature inside the rocket, acceleration, spin, and altitude. The experiments were built by the students and teachers together. Post launch, the students and teachers took the data from their experiments, ran it through the analysis and plotting software, and complied data to come up with the final flight profile for their campaign.

Now almost 20 year later, we provide access to space, education programs, and run flight campaigns. We are building a commercial space transportation industry in New Mexico. We have a vehicle that is reliably providing access to space. We helped configure that vehicle through the Student Launch Program so it is reusable and returns our experiments to earth in pristine condition. Next step will be to insure we have experiments worthy of the cost of sending them to space.

We have the support of our learning community. Now it is time to develop an array of laboratories here in Dona Ana and Sierra County. It's ambitious, necessary, and possible. We will hire a dedicated, experienced physics educator with an engineering and space background. We will refine our objectives and set goals to build facilities to enable us to design, test and fly experiments worthy of commercial support to eventually enable the program to be self-sustaining. We will expand our partnerships, and set the expectation to have research laboratories advise us on this program. This will start in 2013. Then we will look at results. Again.

Under promise and over deliver. A key strategy to success in business, and life. The implications are that you know what you want to do, are able to communicate it and then deliver. Delivering promised results is a key trust building behavior. As I plan my goals for 2013 for the Student Launch Program (SLP), I realize delivering results is getting more complex.

A goal of the Student Launch Program is to provide annual access to space for student experiments. This goal has been achieved four times from 2008 to 20011. Two thousand eleven was our most successful year, providing access to space for 27 student experiments, bringing our total to 68. We also had paying customers on some of our flights. Those paying customers, combined with the proceeds from the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS) and funds raised from federal grants, all go to support the purchase price of $310,000 for the rocket and WSMR tracking service. Additional costs include covering the hardware to build experiments, integration costs, funds to train teachers and faculty, and transportation costs to the launch site.

The New Mexico Space Grant (NMSGC), founder of the Student Launch Program, wrote a proposal to NASA in 2011. It was to provide this unique Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) program to 133 schools in New Mexico, Texas and Arizona.

Teachers came to New Mexico State University for a week of training provided by NASA, our colleagues at NASA White Sands Test Facility, and also from the SEMMA program. NMSU, the 133 schools including those from Las Cruces, Truth or Consequences, community partners including Spaceport America, NASA WSTF WSMR, provided a learning community for middle and high school teachers. A learning community's goal is to acquire new skills while applying their existing skills to solving progressively more difficult problems. The final output of the week was to provide enough capability and capacity so each teacher could return to their school and propose a competitive project to fly on the 26 slots we had on the rocket.

The 2011, $2 million project was funded by NASA. Over three years NMSGC recruited 133 teachers from 4 states, delivered the summer institute, procured the rocket, paid for teacher travel, supported the expense of building the experiments, and sending them to space. We paid the transportation expenses for over 800 students, teachers and parents to come to Spaceport America to observe the launch. We built a laboratory at the spaceport for data analysis once the experiments returned to earth. We then have been tracking over 1,000 students who participated in the school based exercised during 2011.

When we first started the Student Launch Program in 1995, we launched from White Sands Missile Range. Students and teachers came in teams to NMSU for a week. They not only built their electronic multi-sensor payloads, they also built the high powered model rockets. The rockets went to 10,000 feet, now we go to 62 miles. We had an average of 10 teams, flew 10 rockets and 10 experiments per campaign.

The multi-sensor electronic experiments typically measured temperature inside the rocket, acceleration, spin, and altitude. The experiments were built by the students and teachers together. Post launch, the students and teachers took the data from their experiments, ran it through the analysis and plotting software, and complied data to come up with the final flight profile for their campaign.

Now almost 20 year later, we provide access to space, education programs, and run flight campaigns. We are building a commercial space transportation industry in New Mexico. We have a vehicle that is reliably providing access to space. We helped configure that vehicle through the Student Launch Program so it is reusable and returns our experiments to earth in pristine condition. Next step will be to insure we have experiments worthy of the cost of sending them to space.

We have the support of our learning community. Now it is time to develop an array of laboratories here in Dona Ana and Sierra County. It's ambitious, necessary, and possible. We will hire a dedicated, experienced physics educator with an engineering and space background. We will refine our objectives and set goals to build facilities to enable us to design, test and fly experiments worthy of commercial support to eventually enable the program to be self-sustaining. We will expand our partnerships, and set the expectation to have research laboratories advise us on this program. This will start in 2013. Then we will look at results. Again.

Under promise and over deliver. A key strategy to success in business, and life. The implications are that you know what you want to do, are able to communicate it and then deliver. Delivering promised results is a key trust building behavior. As I plan my goals for 2013 for the Student Launch Program (SLP), I realize delivering results is getting more complex.

A goal of the Student Launch Program is to provide annual access to space for student experiments. This goal has been achieved four times from 2008 to 20011. Two thousand eleven was our most successful year, providing access to space for 27 student experiments, bringing our total to 68. We also had paying customers on some of our flights. Those paying customers, combined with the proceeds from the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS) and funds raised from federal grants, all go to support the purchase price of $310,000 for the rocket and WSMR tracking service. Additional costs include covering the hardware to build experiments, integration costs, funds to train teachers and faculty, and transportation costs to the launch site.

The New Mexico Space Grant (NMSGC), founder of the Student Launch Program, wrote a proposal to NASA in 2011. It was to provide this unique Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) program to 133 schools in New Mexico, Texas and Arizona.

Teachers came to New Mexico State University for a week of training provided by NASA, our colleagues at NASA White Sands Test Facility, and also from the SEMMA program. NMSU, the 133 schools including those from Las Cruces, Truth or Consequences, community partners including Spaceport America, NASA WSTF WSMR, provided a learning community for middle and high school teachers. A learning community's goal is to acquire new skills while applying their existing skills to solving progressively more difficult problems. The final output of the week was to provide enough capability and capacity so each teacher could return to their school and propose a competitive project to fly on the 26 slots we had on the rocket.

The 2011, $2 million project was funded by NASA. Over three years NMSGC recruited 133 teachers from 4 states, delivered the summer institute, procured the rocket, paid for teacher travel, supported the expense of building the experiments, and sending them to space. We paid the transportation expenses for over 800 students, teachers and parents to come to Spaceport America to observe the launch. We built a laboratory at the spaceport for data analysis once the experiments returned to earth. We then have been tracking over 1,000 students who participated in the school based exercised during 2011.

When we first started the Student Launch Program in 1995, we launched from White Sands Missile Range. Students and teachers came in teams to NMSU for a week. They not only built their electronic multi-sensor payloads, they also built the high powered model rockets. The rockets went to 10,000 feet, now we go to 62 miles. We had an average of 10 teams, flew 10 rockets and 10 experiments per campaign.

The multi-sensor electronic experiments typically measured temperature inside the rocket, acceleration, spin, and altitude. The experiments were built by the students and teachers together. Post launch, the students and teachers took the data from their experiments, ran it through the analysis and plotting software, and complied data to come up with the final flight profile for their campaign.

Now almost 20 year later, we provide access to space, education programs, and run flight campaigns. We are building a commercial space transportation industry in New Mexico. We have a vehicle that is reliably providing access to space. We helped configure that vehicle through the Student Launch Program so it is reusable and returns our experiments to earth in pristine condition. Next step will be to insure we have experiments worthy of the cost of sending them to space.

We have the support of our learning community. Now it is time to develop an array of laboratories here in Dona Ana and Sierra County. It's ambitious, necessary, and possible. We will hire a dedicated, experienced physics educator with an engineering and space background. We will refine our objectives and set goals to build facilities to enable us to design, test and fly experiments worthy of commercial support to eventually enable the program to be self-sustaining. We will expand our partnerships, and set the expectation to have research laboratories advise us on this program. This will start in 2013. Then we will look at results. Again.

Under promise and over deliver. A key strategy to success in business, and life. The implications are that you know what you want to do, are able to communicate it and then deliver. Delivering promised results is a key trust building behavior. As I plan my goals for 2013 for the Student Launch Program (SLP), I realize delivering results is getting more complex.

A goal of the Student Launch Program is to provide annual access to space for student experiments. This goal has been achieved four times from 2008 to 20011. Two thousand eleven was our most successful year, providing access to space for 27 student experiments, bringing our total to 68. We also had paying customers on some of our flights. Those paying customers, combined with the proceeds from the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS) and funds raised from federal grants, all go to support the purchase price of $310,000 for the rocket and WSMR tracking service. Additional costs include covering the hardware to build experiments, integration costs, funds to train teachers and faculty, and transportation costs to the launch site.

The New Mexico Space Grant (NMSGC), founder of the Student Launch Program, wrote a proposal to NASA in 2011. It was to provide this unique Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) program to 133 schools in New Mexico, Texas and Arizona.

Teachers came to New Mexico State University for a week of training provided by NASA, our colleagues at NASA White Sands Test Facility, and also from the SEMMA program. NMSU, the 133 schools including those from Las Cruces, Truth or Consequences, community partners including Spaceport America, NASA WSTF WSMR, provided a learning community for middle and high school teachers. A learning community's goal is to acquire new skills while applying their existing skills to solving progressively more difficult problems. The final output of the week was to provide enough capability and capacity so each teacher could return to their school and propose a competitive project to fly on the 26 slots we had on the rocket.

The 2011, $2 million project was funded by NASA. Over three years NMSGC recruited 133 teachers from 4 states, delivered the summer institute, procured the rocket, paid for teacher travel, supported the expense of building the experiments, and sending them to space. We paid the transportation expenses for over 800 students, teachers and parents to come to Spaceport America to observe the launch. We built a laboratory at the spaceport for data analysis once the experiments returned to earth. We then have been tracking over 1,000 students who participated in the school based exercised during 2011.

When we first started the Student Launch Program in 1995, we launched from White Sands Missile Range. Students and teachers came in teams to NMSU for a week. They not only built their electronic multi-sensor payloads, they also built the high powered model rockets. The rockets went to 10,000 feet, now we go to 62 miles. We had an average of 10 teams, flew 10 rockets and 10 experiments per campaign.

The multi-sensor electronic experiments typically measured temperature inside the rocket, acceleration, spin, and altitude. The experiments were built by the students and teachers together. Post launch, the students and teachers took the data from their experiments, ran it through the analysis and plotting software, and complied data to come up with the final flight profile for their campaign.

Now almost 20 year later, we provide access to space, education programs, and run flight campaigns. We are building a commercial space transportation industry in New Mexico. We have a vehicle that is reliably providing access to space. We helped configure that vehicle through the Student Launch Program so it is reusable and returns our experiments to earth in pristine condition. Next step will be to insure we have experiments worthy of the cost of sending them to space.

We have the support of our learning community. Now it is time to develop an array of laboratories here in Dona Ana and Sierra County. It's ambitious, necessary, and possible. We will hire a dedicated, experienced physics educator with an engineering and space background. We will refine our objectives and set goals to build facilities to enable us to design, test and fly experiments worthy of commercial support to eventually enable the program to be self-sustaining. We will expand our partnerships, and set the expectation to have research laboratories advise us on this program. This will start in 2013. Then we will look at results. Again.

Under promise and over deliver. A key strategy to success in business, and life. The implications are that you know what you want to do, are able to communicate it and then deliver. Delivering promised results is a key trust building behavior. As I plan my goals for 2013 for the Student Launch Program (SLP), I realize delivering results is getting more complex.

A goal of the Student Launch Program is to provide annual access to space for student experiments. This goal has been achieved four times from 2008 to 20011. Two thousand eleven was our most successful year, providing access to space for 27 student experiments, bringing our total to 68. We also had paying customers on some of our flights. Those paying customers, combined with the proceeds from the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS) and funds raised from federal grants, all go to support the purchase price of $310,000 for the rocket and WSMR tracking service. Additional costs include covering the hardware to build experiments, integration costs, funds to train teachers and faculty, and transportation costs to the launch site.

The New Mexico Space Grant (NMSGC), founder of the Student Launch Program, wrote a proposal to NASA in 2011. It was to provide this unique Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) program to 133 schools in New Mexico, Texas and Arizona.

Teachers came to New Mexico State University for a week of training provided by NASA, our colleagues at NASA White Sands Test Facility, and also from the SEMMA program. NMSU, the 133 schools including those from Las Cruces, Truth or Consequences, community partners including Spaceport America, NASA WSTF WSMR, provided a learning community for middle and high school teachers. A learning community's goal is to acquire new skills while applying their existing skills to solving progressively more difficult problems. The final output of the week was to provide enough capability and capacity so each teacher could return to their school and propose a competitive project to fly on the 26 slots we had on the rocket.

The 2011, $2 million project was funded by NASA. Over three years NMSGC recruited 133 teachers from 4 states, delivered the summer institute, procured the rocket, paid for teacher travel, supported the expense of building the experiments, and sending them to space. We paid the transportation expenses for over 800 students, teachers and parents to come to Spaceport America to observe the launch. We built a laboratory at the spaceport for data analysis once the experiments returned to earth. We then have been tracking over 1,000 students who participated in the school based exercised during 2011.

When we first started the Student Launch Program in 1995, we launched from White Sands Missile Range. Students and teachers came in teams to NMSU for a week. They not only built their electronic multi-sensor payloads, they also built the high powered model rockets. The rockets went to 10,000 feet, now we go to 62 miles. We had an average of 10 teams, flew 10 rockets and 10 experiments per campaign.

The multi-sensor electronic experiments typically measured temperature inside the rocket, acceleration, spin, and altitude. The experiments were built by the students and teachers together. Post launch, the students and teachers took the data from their experiments, ran it through the analysis and plotting software, and complied data to come up with the final flight profile for their campaign.

Now almost 20 year later, we provide access to space, education programs, and run flight campaigns. We are building a commercial space transportation industry in New Mexico. We have a vehicle that is reliably providing access to space. We helped configure that vehicle through the Student Launch Program so it is reusable and returns our experiments to earth in pristine condition. Next step will be to insure we have experiments worthy of the cost of sending them to space.

We have the support of our learning community. Now it is time to develop an array of laboratories here in Dona Ana and Sierra County. It's ambitious, necessary, and possible. We will hire a dedicated, experienced physics educator with an engineering and space background. We will refine our objectives and set goals to build facilities to enable us to design, test and fly experiments worthy of commercial support to eventually enable the program to be self-sustaining. We will expand our partnerships, and set the expectation to have research laboratories advise us on this program. This will start in 2013. Then we will look at results. Again.

Under promise and over deliver. A key strategy to success in business, and life. The implications are that you know what you want to do, are able to communicate it and then deliver. Delivering promised results is a key trust building behavior. As I plan my goals for 2013 for the Student Launch Program (SLP), I realize delivering results is getting more complex.

A goal of the Student Launch Program is to provide annual access to space for student experiments. This goal has been achieved four times from 2008 to 20011. Two thousand eleven was our most successful year, providing access to space for 27 student experiments, bringing our total to 68. We also had paying customers on some of our flights. Those paying customers, combined with the proceeds from the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS) and funds raised from federal grants, all go to support the purchase price of $310,000 for the rocket and WSMR tracking service. Additional costs include covering the hardware to build experiments, integration costs, funds to train teachers and faculty, and transportation costs to the launch site.

The New Mexico Space Grant (NMSGC), founder of the Student Launch Program, wrote a proposal to NASA in 2011. It was to provide this unique Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) program to 133 schools in New Mexico, Texas and Arizona.

Teachers came to New Mexico State University for a week of training provided by NASA, our colleagues at NASA White Sands Test Facility, and also from the SEMMA program. NMSU, the 133 schools including those from Las Cruces, Truth or Consequences, community partners including Spaceport America, NASA WSTF WSMR, provided a learning community for middle and high school teachers. A learning community's goal is to acquire new skills while applying their existing skills to solving progressively more difficult problems. The final output of the week was to provide enough capability and capacity so each teacher could return to their school and propose a competitive project to fly on the 26 slots we had on the rocket.

The 2011, $2 million project was funded by NASA. Over three years NMSGC recruited 133 teachers from 4 states, delivered the summer institute, procured the rocket, paid for teacher travel, supported the expense of building the experiments, and sending them to space. We paid the transportation expenses for over 800 students, teachers and parents to come to Spaceport America to observe the launch. We built a laboratory at the spaceport for data analysis once the experiments returned to earth. We then have been tracking over 1,000 students who participated in the school based exercised during 2011.

When we first started the Student Launch Program in 1995, we launched from White Sands Missile Range. Students and teachers came in teams to NMSU for a week. They not only built their electronic multi-sensor payloads, they also built the high powered model rockets. The rockets went to 10,000 feet, now we go to 62 miles. We had an average of 10 teams, flew 10 rockets and 10 experiments per campaign.

The multi-sensor electronic experiments typically measured temperature inside the rocket, acceleration, spin, and altitude. The experiments were built by the students and teachers together. Post launch, the students and teachers took the data from their experiments, ran it through the analysis and plotting software, and complied data to come up with the final flight profile for their campaign.

Now almost 20 year later, we provide access to space, education programs, and run flight campaigns. We are building a commercial space transportation industry in New Mexico. We have a vehicle that is reliably providing access to space. We helped configure that vehicle through the Student Launch Program so it is reusable and returns our experiments to earth in pristine condition. Next step will be to insure we have experiments worthy of the cost of sending them to space.

We have the support of our learning community. Now it is time to develop an array of laboratories here in Dona Ana and Sierra County. It's ambitious, necessary, and possible. We will hire a dedicated, experienced physics educator with an engineering and space background. We will refine our objectives and set goals to build facilities to enable us to design, test and fly experiments worthy of commercial support to eventually enable the program to be self-sustaining. We will expand our partnerships, and set the expectation to have research laboratories advise us on this program. This will start in 2013. Then we will look at results. Again.

Under promise and over deliver. A key strategy to success in business, and life. The implications are that you know what you want to do, are able to communicate it and then deliver. Delivering promised results is a key trust building behavior. As I plan my goals for 2013 for the Student Launch Program (SLP), I realize delivering results is getting more complex.

A goal of the Student Launch Program is to provide annual access to space for student experiments. This goal has been achieved four times from 2008 to 20011. Two thousand eleven was our most successful year, providing access to space for 27 student experiments, bringing our total to 68. We also had paying customers on some of our flights. Those paying customers, combined with the proceeds from the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS) and funds raised from federal grants, all go to support the purchase price of $310,000 for the rocket and WSMR tracking service. Additional costs include covering the hardware to build experiments, integration costs, funds to train teachers and faculty, and transportation costs to the launch site.

The New Mexico Space Grant (NMSGC), founder of the Student Launch Program, wrote a proposal to NASA in 2011. It was to provide this unique Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) program to 133 schools in New Mexico, Texas and Arizona.

Teachers came to New Mexico State University for a week of training provided by NASA, our colleagues at NASA White Sands Test Facility, and also from the SEMMA program. NMSU, the 133 schools including those from Las Cruces, Truth or Consequences, community partners including Spaceport America, NASA WSTF WSMR, provided a learning community for middle and high school teachers. A learning community's goal is to acquire new skills while applying their existing skills to solving progressively more difficult problems. The final output of the week was to provide enough capability and capacity so each teacher could return to their school and propose a competitive project to fly on the 26 slots we had on the rocket.

The 2011, $2 million project was funded by NASA. Over three years NMSGC recruited 133 teachers from 4 states, delivered the summer institute, procured the rocket, paid for teacher travel, supported the expense of building the experiments, and sending them to space. We paid the transportation expenses for over 800 students, teachers and parents to come to Spaceport America to observe the launch. We built a laboratory at the spaceport for data analysis once the experiments returned to earth. We then have been tracking over 1,000 students who participated in the school based exercised during 2011.

When we first started the Student Launch Program in 1995, we launched from White Sands Missile Range. Students and teachers came in teams to NMSU for a week. They not only built their electronic multi-sensor payloads, they also built the high powered model rockets. The rockets went to 10,000 feet, now we go to 62 miles. We had an average of 10 teams, flew 10 rockets and 10 experiments per campaign.

The multi-sensor electronic experiments typically measured temperature inside the rocket, acceleration, spin, and altitude. The experiments were built by the students and teachers together. Post launch, the students and teachers took the data from their experiments, ran it through the analysis and plotting software, and complied data to come up with the final flight profile for their campaign.

Now almost 20 year later, we provide access to space, education programs, and run flight campaigns. We are building a commercial space transportation industry in New Mexico. We have a vehicle that is reliably providing access to space. We helped configure that vehicle through the Student Launch Program so it is reusable and returns our experiments to earth in pristine condition. Next step will be to insure we have experiments worthy of the cost of sending them to space.

We have the support of our learning community. Now it is time to develop an array of laboratories here in Dona Ana and Sierra County. It's ambitious, necessary, and possible. We will hire a dedicated, experienced physics educator with an engineering and space background. We will refine our objectives and set goals to build facilities to enable us to design, test and fly experiments worthy of commercial support to eventually enable the program to be self-sustaining. We will expand our partnerships, and set the expectation to have research laboratories advise us on this program. This will start in 2013. Then we will look at results. Again.

Dig deep. What does it mean to dig deep? President Obama and Mitt Romney know. We saw raw energy at the end of the campaign. Bill Clinton was the poster boy for raw fatigue at the end of his campaign. Knowing they did their best is about the only thing that would allow sleep to come on a night where so much was given and so much is yet to be done. As Obama and Romney fell asleep the night of Monday, November 5th, each had one thing in common besides wanting the same job. They knew the depth of their abilities.

Each of us understands there are issues that divide and separate people and therefore our country. How do we compromise? Maybe the better question to ask how do we bring our country into balance? We hear talk about how each side has failed to compromise. Well, this is one area where each of us has experience. When is the last time you compromised and felt good about it? If you can describe the situation, clearly recount your position and that of the other side, and truly describe the outcome as a win win or no deal, know you have a skill needed now in our country. It will be at the grass roots we bring our country into balance.

We are asked to choose many times a day. Habits chart the course of our day. The more intentional we are about establishing good habits, the more likely we understand the pay off. Good habits are choices we make. When I choose to work too many hours, I know I am not in a good position to bring balance into my relationship with my father. I usually call and let him know I will be late. Good habit. That takes him out of the impact zone. When I finally get home, I blast into the kitchen, heat up the meal de jour, change clothes, and make a reasonable attempt to settle down. Doing this too often is not a good habit and does not create balance in my household.

Do you think it is reasonable to look at balance in our own lives if we want balance in our homes, neighborhoods, in our legislature and in Congress? If we have balance we know it because it is a personal creation. It is important to dig deep and grow our capability and capacity. And humbling to know when to do it and what price we pay if we do it too often.

Take a look at what we all know is coming, big picture, the federal government is cutting more funding to the states. It will have to cut military spending, funding to education and cuts are coming to social programs. New Mexico is vulnerable. Southern New Mexico is really vulnerable. White Sands Missile Range, NASA White Sands Test Facility, New Mexico State University, all vulnerable because of deep cuts by the government projected for these sectors of our economy. This is another form of digging deep.

Our state legislative process will start soon. This year is a 60 day session, starting on January 16th, 2013.
We ask a great deal of New Mexico legislators. Cuts in federal programs will impact our legislative agenda, how we don't know yet. Yet, each legislator will be asked to deal with these and many other local issues, all it will all be packed into 60 days.

No wonder legislators have a hard time with balance when they live in this environment. It is up to us to lead the way. There are important pieces of legislation being addresses in this next session. One is the Informed Consent legislation regarding protection of companies who work on the Virgin Galactic vehicle. We need balance in getting the Informed Consent legislation dialog fully developed so people in the legislature understand where the benefits are to the state, and what the potential risks are so realistic expectations are embedded into the legislation.

New Mexico State University is beginning to get community input as the search for a President starts in earnest. The Regents have as big a job ahead of them as any legislative body. There are only 5 of them. There are many leaders, elected and appointed, who will be asked to dig deep in the next three months. Let all of us work to provide balance in our interactions with these people. I will dig deep, its balance I am after, not winning.

Dig deep. What does it mean to dig deep? President Obama and Mitt Romney know. We saw raw energy at the end of the campaign. Bill Clinton was the poster boy for raw fatigue at the end of his campaign. Knowing they did their best is about the only thing that would allow sleep to come on a night where so much was given and so much is yet to be done. As Obama and Romney fell asleep the night of Monday, November 5th, each had one thing in common besides wanting the same job. They knew the depth of their abilities.

Each of us understands there are issues that divide and separate people and therefore our country. How do we compromise? Maybe the better question to ask how do we bring our country into balance? We hear talk about how each side has failed to compromise. Well, this is one area where each of us has experience. When is the last time you compromised and felt good about it? If you can describe the situation, clearly recount your position and that of the other side, and truly describe the outcome as a win win or no deal, know you have a skill needed now in our country. It will be at the grass roots we bring our country into balance.

We are asked to choose many times a day. Habits chart the course of our day. The more intentional we are about establishing good habits, the more likely we understand the pay off. Good habits are choices we make. When I choose to work too many hours, I know I am not in a good position to bring balance into my relationship with my father. I usually call and let him know I will be late. Good habit. That takes him out of the impact zone. When I finally get home, I blast into the kitchen, heat up the meal de jour, change clothes, and make a reasonable attempt to settle down. Doing this too often is not a good habit and does not create balance in my household.

Do you think it is reasonable to look at balance in our own lives if we want balance in our homes, neighborhoods, in our legislature and in Congress? If we have balance we know it because it is a personal creation. It is important to dig deep and grow our capability and capacity. And humbling to know when to do it and what price we pay if we do it too often.

Take a look at what we all know is coming, big picture, the federal government is cutting more funding to the states. It will have to cut military spending, funding to education and cuts are coming to social programs. New Mexico is vulnerable. Southern New Mexico is really vulnerable. White Sands Missile Range, NASA White Sands Test Facility, New Mexico State University, all vulnerable because of deep cuts by the government projected for these sectors of our economy. This is another form of digging deep.

Our state legislative process will start soon. This year is a 60 day session, starting on January 16th, 2013.
We ask a great deal of New Mexico legislators. Cuts in federal programs will impact our legislative agenda, how we don't know yet. Yet, each legislator will be asked to deal with these and many other local issues, all it will all be packed into 60 days.

No wonder legislators have a hard time with balance when they live in this environment. It is up to us to lead the way. There are important pieces of legislation being addresses in this next session. One is the Informed Consent legislation regarding protection of companies who work on the Virgin Galactic vehicle. We need balance in getting the Informed Consent legislation dialog fully developed so people in the legislature understand where the benefits are to the state, and what the potential risks are so realistic expectations are embedded into the legislation.

New Mexico State University is beginning to get community input as the search for a President starts in earnest. The Regents have as big a job ahead of them as any legislative body. There are only 5 of them. There are many leaders, elected and appointed, who will be asked to dig deep in the next three months. Let all of us work to provide balance in our interactions with these people. I will dig deep, its balance I am after, not winning.

Dig deep. What does it mean to dig deep? President Obama and Mitt Romney know. We saw raw energy at the end of the campaign. Bill Clinton was the poster boy for raw fatigue at the end of his campaign. Knowing they did their best is about the only thing that would allow sleep to come on a night where so much was given and so much is yet to be done. As Obama and Romney fell asleep the night of Monday, November 5th, each had one thing in common besides wanting the same job. They knew the depth of their abilities.

Each of us understands there are issues that divide and separate people and therefore our country. How do we compromise? Maybe the better question to ask how do we bring our country into balance? We hear talk about how each side has failed to compromise. Well, this is one area where each of us has experience. When is the last time you compromised and felt good about it? If you can describe the situation, clearly recount your position and that of the other side, and truly describe the outcome as a win win or no deal, know you have a skill needed now in our country. It will be at the grass roots we bring our country into balance.

We are asked to choose many times a day. Habits chart the course of our day. The more intentional we are about establishing good habits, the more likely we understand the pay off. Good habits are choices we make. When I choose to work too many hours, I know I am not in a good position to bring balance into my relationship with my father. I usually call and let him know I will be late. Good habit. That takes him out of the impact zone. When I finally get home, I blast into the kitchen, heat up the meal de jour, change clothes, and make a reasonable attempt to settle down. Doing this too often is not a good habit and does not create balance in my household.

Do you think it is reasonable to look at balance in our own lives if we want balance in our homes, neighborhoods, in our legislature and in Congress? If we have balance we know it because it is a personal creation. It is important to dig deep and grow our capability and capacity. And humbling to know when to do it and what price we pay if we do it too often.

Take a look at what we all know is coming, big picture, the federal government is cutting more funding to the states. It will have to cut military spending, funding to education and cuts are coming to social programs. New Mexico is vulnerable. Southern New Mexico is really vulnerable. White Sands Missile Range, NASA White Sands Test Facility, New Mexico State University, all vulnerable because of deep cuts by the government projected for these sectors of our economy. This is another form of digging deep.

Our state legislative process will start soon. This year is a 60 day session, starting on January 16th, 2013.
We ask a great deal of New Mexico legislators. Cuts in federal programs will impact our legislative agenda, how we don't know yet. Yet, each legislator will be asked to deal with these and many other local issues, all it will all be packed into 60 days.

No wonder legislators have a hard time with balance when they live in this environment. It is up to us to lead the way. There are important pieces of legislation being addresses in this next session. One is the Informed Consent legislation regarding protection of companies who work on the Virgin Galactic vehicle. We need balance in getting the Informed Consent legislation dialog fully developed so people in the legislature understand where the benefits are to the state, and what the potential risks are so realistic expectations are embedded into the legislation.

New Mexico State University is beginning to get community input as the search for a President starts in earnest. The Regents have as big a job ahead of them as any legislative body. There are only 5 of them. There are many leaders, elected and appointed, who will be asked to dig deep in the next three months. Let all of us work to provide balance in our interactions with these people. I will dig deep, its balance I am after, not winning.

Dig deep. What does it mean to dig deep? President Obama and Mitt Romney know. We saw raw energy at the end of the campaign. Bill Clinton was the poster boy for raw fatigue at the end of his campaign. Knowing they did their best is about the only thing that would allow sleep to come on a night where so much was given and so much is yet to be done. As Obama and Romney fell asleep the night of Monday, November 5th, each had one thing in common besides wanting the same job. They knew the depth of their abilities.

Each of us understands there are issues that divide and separate people and therefore our country. How do we compromise? Maybe the better question to ask how do we bring our country into balance? We hear talk about how each side has failed to compromise. Well, this is one area where each of us has experience. When is the last time you compromised and felt good about it? If you can describe the situation, clearly recount your position and that of the other side, and truly describe the outcome as a win win or no deal, know you have a skill needed now in our country. It will be at the grass roots we bring our country into balance.

We are asked to choose many times a day. Habits chart the course of our day. The more intentional we are about establishing good habits, the more likely we understand the pay off. Good habits are choices we make. When I choose to work too many hours, I know I am not in a good position to bring balance into my relationship with my father. I usually call and let him know I will be late. Good habit. That takes him out of the impact zone. When I finally get home, I blast into the kitchen, heat up the meal de jour, change clothes, and make a reasonable attempt to settle down. Doing this too often is not a good habit and does not create balance in my household.

Do you think it is reasonable to look at balance in our own lives if we want balance in our homes, neighborhoods, in our legislature and in Congress? If we have balance we know it because it is a personal creation. It is important to dig deep and grow our capability and capacity. And humbling to know when to do it and what price we pay if we do it too often.

Take a look at what we all know is coming, big picture, the federal government is cutting more funding to the states. It will have to cut military spending, funding to education and cuts are coming to social programs. New Mexico is vulnerable. Southern New Mexico is really vulnerable. White Sands Missile Range, NASA White Sands Test Facility, New Mexico State University, all vulnerable because of deep cuts by the government projected for these sectors of our economy. This is another form of digging deep.

Our state legislative process will start soon. This year is a 60 day session, starting on January 16th, 2013.
We ask a great deal of New Mexico legislators. Cuts in federal programs will impact our legislative agenda, how we don't know yet. Yet, each legislator will be asked to deal with these and many other local issues, all it will all be packed into 60 days.

No wonder legislators have a hard time with balance when they live in this environment. It is up to us to lead the way. There are important pieces of legislation being addresses in this next session. One is the Informed Consent legislation regarding protection of companies who work on the Virgin Galactic vehicle. We need balance in getting the Informed Consent legislation dialog fully developed so people in the legislature understand where the benefits are to the state, and what the potential risks are so realistic expectations are embedded into the legislation.

New Mexico State University is beginning to get community input as the search for a President starts in earnest. The Regents have as big a job ahead of them as any legislative body. There are only 5 of them. There are many leaders, elected and appointed, who will be asked to dig deep in the next three months. Let all of us work to provide balance in our interactions with these people. I will dig deep, its balance I am after, not winning.

Dig deep. What does it mean to dig deep? President Obama and Mitt Romney know. We saw raw energy at the end of the campaign. Bill Clinton was the poster boy for raw fatigue at the end of his campaign. Knowing they did their best is about the only thing that would allow sleep to come on a night where so much was given and so much is yet to be done. As Obama and Romney fell asleep the night of Monday, November 5th, each had one thing in common besides wanting the same job. They knew the depth of their abilities.

Each of us understands there are issues that divide and separate people and therefore our country. How do we compromise? Maybe the better question to ask how do we bring our country into balance? We hear talk about how each side has failed to compromise. Well, this is one area where each of us has experience. When is the last time you compromised and felt good about it? If you can describe the situation, clearly recount your position and that of the other side, and truly describe the outcome as a win win or no deal, know you have a skill needed now in our country. It will be at the grass roots we bring our country into balance.

We are asked to choose many times a day. Habits chart the course of our day. The more intentional we are about establishing good habits, the more likely we understand the pay off. Good habits are choices we make. When I choose to work too many hours, I know I am not in a good position to bring balance into my relationship with my father. I usually call and let him know I will be late. Good habit. That takes him out of the impact zone. When I finally get home, I blast into the kitchen, heat up the meal de jour, change clothes, and make a reasonable attempt to settle down. Doing this too often is not a good habit and does not create balance in my household.

Do you think it is reasonable to look at balance in our own lives if we want balance in our homes, neighborhoods, in our legislature and in Congress? If we have balance we know it because it is a personal creation. It is important to dig deep and grow our capability and capacity. And humbling to know when to do it and what price we pay if we do it too often.

Take a look at what we all know is coming, big picture, the federal government is cutting more funding to the states. It will have to cut military spending, funding to education and cuts are coming to social programs. New Mexico is vulnerable. Southern New Mexico is really vulnerable. White Sands Missile Range, NASA White Sands Test Facility, New Mexico State University, all vulnerable because of deep cuts by the government projected for these sectors of our economy. This is another form of digging deep.

Our state legislative process will start soon. This year is a 60 day session, starting on January 16th, 2013.
We ask a great deal of New Mexico legislators. Cuts in federal programs will impact our legislative agenda, how we don't know yet. Yet, each legislator will be asked to deal with these and many other local issues, all it will all be packed into 60 days.

No wonder legislators have a hard time with balance when they live in this environment. It is up to us to lead the way. There are important pieces of legislation being addresses in this next session. One is the Informed Consent legislation regarding protection of companies who work on the Virgin Galactic vehicle. We need balance in getting the Informed Consent legislation dialog fully developed so people in the legislature understand where the benefits are to the state, and what the potential risks are so realistic expectations are embedded into the legislation.

New Mexico State University is beginning to get community input as the search for a President starts in earnest. The Regents have as big a job ahead of them as any legislative body. There are only 5 of them. There are many leaders, elected and appointed, who will be asked to dig deep in the next three months. Let all of us work to provide balance in our interactions with these people. I will dig deep, its balance I am after, not winning.

Dig deep. What does it mean to dig deep? President Obama and Mitt Romney know. We saw raw energy at the end of the campaign. Bill Clinton was the poster boy for raw fatigue at the end of his campaign. Knowing they did their best is about the only thing that would allow sleep to come on a night where so much was given and so much is yet to be done. As Obama and Romney fell asleep the night of Monday, November 5th, each had one thing in common besides wanting the same job. They knew the depth of their abilities.

Each of us understands there are issues that divide and separate people and therefore our country. How do we compromise? Maybe the better question to ask how do we bring our country into balance? We hear talk about how each side has failed to compromise. Well, this is one area where each of us has experience. When is the last time you compromised and felt good about it? If you can describe the situation, clearly recount your position and that of the other side, and truly describe the outcome as a win win or no deal, know you have a skill needed now in our country. It will be at the grass roots we bring our country into balance.

We are asked to choose many times a day. Habits chart the course of our day. The more intentional we are about establishing good habits, the more likely we understand the pay off. Good habits are choices we make. When I choose to work too many hours, I know I am not in a good position to bring balance into my relationship with my father. I usually call and let him know I will be late. Good habit. That takes him out of the impact zone. When I finally get home, I blast into the kitchen, heat up the meal de jour, change clothes, and make a reasonable attempt to settle down. Doing this too often is not a good habit and does not create balance in my household.

Do you think it is reasonable to look at balance in our own lives if we want balance in our homes, neighborhoods, in our legislature and in Congress? If we have balance we know it because it is a personal creation. It is important to dig deep and grow our capability and capacity. And humbling to know when to do it and what price we pay if we do it too often.

Take a look at what we all know is coming, big picture, the federal government is cutting more funding to the states. It will have to cut military spending, funding to education and cuts are coming to social programs. New Mexico is vulnerable. Southern New Mexico is really vulnerable. White Sands Missile Range, NASA White Sands Test Facility, New Mexico State University, all vulnerable because of deep cuts by the government projected for these sectors of our economy. This is another form of digging deep.

Our state legislative process will start soon. This year is a 60 day session, starting on January 16th, 2013.
We ask a great deal of New Mexico legislators. Cuts in federal programs will impact our legislative agenda, how we don't know yet. Yet, each legislator will be asked to deal with these and many other local issues, all it will all be packed into 60 days.

No wonder legislators have a hard time with balance when they live in this environment. It is up to us to lead the way. There are important pieces of legislation being addresses in this next session. One is the Informed Consent legislation regarding protection of companies who work on the Virgin Galactic vehicle. We need balance in getting the Informed Consent legislation dialog fully developed so people in the legislature understand where the benefits are to the state, and what the potential risks are so realistic expectations are embedded into the legislation.

New Mexico State University is beginning to get community input as the search for a President starts in earnest. The Regents have as big a job ahead of them as any legislative body. There are only 5 of them. There are many leaders, elected and appointed, who will be asked to dig deep in the next three months. Let all of us work to provide balance in our interactions with these people. I will dig deep, its balance I am after, not winning.

Dig deep. What does it mean to dig deep? President Obama and Mitt Romney know. We saw raw energy at the end of the campaign. Bill Clinton was the poster boy for raw fatigue at the end of his campaign. Knowing they did their best is about the only thing that would allow sleep to come on a night where so much was given and so much is yet to be done. As Obama and Romney fell asleep the night of Monday, November 5th, each had one thing in common besides wanting the same job. They knew the depth of their abilities.

Each of us understands there are issues that divide and separate people and therefore our country. How do we compromise? Maybe the better question to ask how do we bring our country into balance? We hear talk about how each side has failed to compromise. Well, this is one area where each of us has experience. When is the last time you compromised and felt good about it? If you can describe the situation, clearly recount your position and that of the other side, and truly describe the outcome as a win win or no deal, know you have a skill needed now in our country. It will be at the grass roots we bring our country into balance.

We are asked to choose many times a day. Habits chart the course of our day. The more intentional we are about establishing good habits, the more likely we understand the pay off. Good habits are choices we make. When I choose to work too many hours, I know I am not in a good position to bring balance into my relationship with my father. I usually call and let him know I will be late. Good habit. That takes him out of the impact zone. When I finally get home, I blast into the kitchen, heat up the meal de jour, change clothes, and make a reasonable attempt to settle down. Doing this too often is not a good habit and does not create balance in my household.

Do you think it is reasonable to look at balance in our own lives if we want balance in our homes, neighborhoods, in our legislature and in Congress? If we have balance we know it because it is a personal creation. It is important to dig deep and grow our capability and capacity. And humbling to know when to do it and what price we pay if we do it too often.

Take a look at what we all know is coming, big picture, the federal government is cutting more funding to the states. It will have to cut military spending, funding to education and cuts are coming to social programs. New Mexico is vulnerable. Southern New Mexico is really vulnerable. White Sands Missile Range, NASA White Sands Test Facility, New Mexico State University, all vulnerable because of deep cuts by the government projected for these sectors of our economy. This is another form of digging deep.

Our state legislative process will start soon. This year is a 60 day session, starting on January 16th, 2013.
We ask a great deal of New Mexico legislators. Cuts in federal programs will impact our legislative agenda, how we don't know yet. Yet, each legislator will be asked to deal with these and many other local issues, all it will all be packed into 60 days.

No wonder legislators have a hard time with balance when they live in this environment. It is up to us to lead the way. There are important pieces of legislation being addresses in this next session. One is the Informed Consent legislation regarding protection of companies who work on the Virgin Galactic vehicle. We need balance in getting the Informed Consent legislation dialog fully developed so people in the legislature understand where the benefits are to the state, and what the potential risks are so realistic expectations are embedded into the legislation.

New Mexico State University is beginning to get community input as the search for a President starts in earnest. The Regents have as big a job ahead of them as any legislative body. There are only 5 of them. There are many leaders, elected and appointed, who will be asked to dig deep in the next three months. Let all of us work to provide balance in our interactions with these people. I will dig deep, its balance I am after, not winning.

Dig deep. What does it mean to dig deep? President Obama and Mitt Romney know. We saw raw energy at the end of the campaign. Bill Clinton was the poster boy for raw fatigue at the end of his campaign. Knowing they did their best is about the only thing that would allow sleep to come on a night where so much was given and so much is yet to be done. As Obama and Romney fell asleep the night of Monday, November 5th, each had one thing in common besides wanting the same job. They knew the depth of their abilities.

Each of us understands there are issues that divide and separate people and therefore our country. How do we compromise? Maybe the better question to ask how do we bring our country into balance? We hear talk about how each side has failed to compromise. Well, this is one area where each of us has experience. When is the last time you compromised and felt good about it? If you can describe the situation, clearly recount your position and that of the other side, and truly describe the outcome as a win win or no deal, know you have a skill needed now in our country. It will be at the grass roots we bring our country into balance.

We are asked to choose many times a day. Habits chart the course of our day. The more intentional we are about establishing good habits, the more likely we understand the pay off. Good habits are choices we make. When I choose to work too many hours, I know I am not in a good position to bring balance into my relationship with my father. I usually call and let him know I will be late. Good habit. That takes him out of the impact zone. When I finally get home, I blast into the kitchen, heat up the meal de jour, change clothes, and make a reasonable attempt to settle down. Doing this too often is not a good habit and does not create balance in my household.

Do you think it is reasonable to look at balance in our own lives if we want balance in our homes, neighborhoods, in our legislature and in Congress? If we have balance we know it because it is a personal creation. It is important to dig deep and grow our capability and capacity. And humbling to know when to do it and what price we pay if we do it too often.

Take a look at what we all know is coming, big picture, the federal government is cutting more funding to the states. It will have to cut military spending, funding to education and cuts are coming to social programs. New Mexico is vulnerable. Southern New Mexico is really vulnerable. White Sands Missile Range, NASA White Sands Test Facility, New Mexico State University, all vulnerable because of deep cuts by the government projected for these sectors of our economy. This is another form of digging deep.

Our state legislative process will start soon. This year is a 60 day session, starting on January 16th, 2013.
We ask a great deal of New Mexico legislators. Cuts in federal programs will impact our legislative agenda, how we don't know yet. Yet, each legislator will be asked to deal with these and many other local issues, all it will all be packed into 60 days.

No wonder legislators have a hard time with balance when they live in this environment. It is up to us to lead the way. There are important pieces of legislation being addresses in this next session. One is the Informed Consent legislation regarding protection of companies who work on the Virgin Galactic vehicle. We need balance in getting the Informed Consent legislation dialog fully developed so people in the legislature understand where the benefits are to the state, and what the potential risks are so realistic expectations are embedded into the legislation.

New Mexico State University is beginning to get community input as the search for a President starts in earnest. The Regents have as big a job ahead of them as any legislative body. There are only 5 of them. There are many leaders, elected and appointed, who will be asked to dig deep in the next three months. Let all of us work to provide balance in our interactions with these people. I will dig deep, its balance I am after, not winning.

Dig deep. What does it mean to dig deep? President Obama and Mitt Romney know. We saw raw energy at the end of the campaign. Bill Clinton was the poster boy for raw fatigue at the end of his campaign. Knowing they did their best is about the only thing that would allow sleep to come on a night where so much was given and so much is yet to be done. As Obama and Romney fell asleep the night of Monday, November 5th, each had one thing in common besides wanting the same job. They knew the depth of their abilities.

Each of us understands there are issues that divide and separate people and therefore our country. How do we compromise? Maybe the better question to ask how do we bring our country into balance? We hear talk about how each side has failed to compromise. Well, this is one area where each of us has experience. When is the last time you compromised and felt good about it? If you can describe the situation, clearly recount your position and that of the other side, and truly describe the outcome as a win win or no deal, know you have a skill needed now in our country. It will be at the grass roots we bring our country into balance.

We are asked to choose many times a day. Habits chart the course of our day. The more intentional we are about establishing good habits, the more likely we understand the pay off. Good habits are choices we make. When I choose to work too many hours, I know I am not in a good position to bring balance into my relationship with my father. I usually call and let him know I will be late. Good habit. That takes him out of the impact zone. When I finally get home, I blast into the kitchen, heat up the meal de jour, change clothes, and make a reasonable attempt to settle down. Doing this too often is not a good habit and does not create balance in my household.

Do you think it is reasonable to look at balance in our own lives if we want balance in our homes, neighborhoods, in our legislature and in Congress? If we have balance we know it because it is a personal creation. It is important to dig deep and grow our capability and capacity. And humbling to know when to do it and what price we pay if we do it too often.

Take a look at what we all know is coming, big picture, the federal government is cutting more funding to the states. It will have to cut military spending, funding to education and cuts are coming to social programs. New Mexico is vulnerable. Southern New Mexico is really vulnerable. White Sands Missile Range, NASA White Sands Test Facility, New Mexico State University, all vulnerable because of deep cuts by the government projected for these sectors of our economy. This is another form of digging deep.

Our state legislative process will start soon. This year is a 60 day session, starting on January 16th, 2013.
We ask a great deal of New Mexico legislators. Cuts in federal programs will impact our legislative agenda, how we don't know yet. Yet, each legislator will be asked to deal with these and many other local issues, all it will all be packed into 60 days.

No wonder legislators have a hard time with balance when they live in this environment. It is up to us to lead the way. There are important pieces of legislation being addresses in this next session. One is the Informed Consent legislation regarding protection of companies who work on the Virgin Galactic vehicle. We need balance in getting the Informed Consent legislation dialog fully developed so people in the legislature understand where the benefits are to the state, and what the potential risks are so realistic expectations are embedded into the legislation.

New Mexico State University is beginning to get community input as the search for a President starts in earnest. The Regents have as big a job ahead of them as any legislative body. There are only 5 of them. There are many leaders, elected and appointed, who will be asked to dig deep in the next three months. Let all of us work to provide balance in our interactions with these people. I will dig deep, its balance I am after, not winning.

Dig deep. What does it mean to dig deep? President Obama and Mitt Romney know. We saw raw energy at the end of the campaign. Bill Clinton was the poster boy for raw fatigue at the end of his campaign. Knowing they did their best is about the only thing that would allow sleep to come on a night where so much was given and so much is yet to be done. As Obama and Romney fell asleep the night of Monday, November 5th, each had one thing in common besides wanting the same job. They knew the depth of their abilities.

Each of us understands there are issues that divide and separate people and therefore our country. How do we compromise? Maybe the better question to ask how do we bring our country into balance? We hear talk about how each side has failed to compromise. Well, this is one area where each of us has experience. When is the last time you compromised and felt good about it? If you can describe the situation, clearly recount your position and that of the other side, and truly describe the outcome as a win win or no deal, know you have a skill needed now in our country. It will be at the grass roots we bring our country into balance.

We are asked to choose many times a day. Habits chart the course of our day. The more intentional we are about establishing good habits, the more likely we understand the pay off. Good habits are choices we make. When I choose to work too many hours, I know I am not in a good position to bring balance into my relationship with my father. I usually call and let him know I will be late. Good habit. That takes him out of the impact zone. When I finally get home, I blast into the kitchen, heat up the meal de jour, change clothes, and make a reasonable attempt to settle down. Doing this too often is not a good habit and does not create balance in my household.

Do you think it is reasonable to look at balance in our own lives if we want balance in our homes, neighborhoods, in our legislature and in Congress? If we have balance we know it because it is a personal creation. It is important to dig deep and grow our capability and capacity. And humbling to know when to do it and what price we pay if we do it too often.

Take a look at what we all know is coming, big picture, the federal government is cutting more funding to the states. It will have to cut military spending, funding to education and cuts are coming to social programs. New Mexico is vulnerable. Southern New Mexico is really vulnerable. White Sands Missile Range, NASA White Sands Test Facility, New Mexico State University, all vulnerable because of deep cuts by the government projected for these sectors of our economy. This is another form of digging deep.

Our state legislative process will start soon. This year is a 60 day session, starting on January 16th, 2013.
We ask a great deal of New Mexico legislators. Cuts in federal programs will impact our legislative agenda, how we don't know yet. Yet, each legislator will be asked to deal with these and many other local issues, all it will all be packed into 60 days.

No wonder legislators have a hard time with balance when they live in this environment. It is up to us to lead the way. There are important pieces of legislation being addresses in this next session. One is the Informed Consent legislation regarding protection of companies who work on the Virgin Galactic vehicle. We need balance in getting the Informed Consent legislation dialog fully developed so people in the legislature understand where the benefits are to the state, and what the potential risks are so realistic expectations are embedded into the legislation.

New Mexico State University is beginning to get community input as the search for a President starts in earnest. The Regents have as big a job ahead of them as any legislative body. There are only 5 of them. There are many leaders, elected and appointed, who will be asked to dig deep in the next three months. Let all of us work to provide balance in our interactions with these people. I will dig deep, its balance I am after, not winning.

Dig deep. What does it mean to dig deep? President Obama and Mitt Romney know. We saw raw energy at the end of the campaign. Bill Clinton was the poster boy for raw fatigue at the end of his campaign. Knowing they did their best is about the only thing that would allow sleep to come on a night where so much was given and so much is yet to be done. As Obama and Romney fell asleep the night of Monday, November 5th, each had one thing in common besides wanting the same job. They knew the depth of their abilities.

Each of us understands there are issues that divide and separate people and therefore our country. How do we compromise? Maybe the better question to ask how do we bring our country into balance? We hear talk about how each side has failed to compromise. Well, this is one area where each of us has experience. When is the last time you compromised and felt good about it? If you can describe the situation, clearly recount your position and that of the other side, and truly describe the outcome as a win win or no deal, know you have a skill needed now in our country. It will be at the grass roots we bring our country into balance.

We are asked to choose many times a day. Habits chart the course of our day. The more intentional we are about establishing good habits, the more likely we understand the pay off. Good habits are choices we make. When I choose to work too many hours, I know I am not in a good position to bring balance into my relationship with my father. I usually call and let him know I will be late. Good habit. That takes him out of the impact zone. When I finally get home, I blast into the kitchen, heat up the meal de jour, change clothes, and make a reasonable attempt to settle down. Doing this too often is not a good habit and does not create balance in my household.

Do you think it is reasonable to look at balance in our own lives if we want balance in our homes, neighborhoods, in our legislature and in Congress? If we have balance we know it because it is a personal creation. It is important to dig deep and grow our capability and capacity. And humbling to know when to do it and what price we pay if we do it too often.

Take a look at what we all know is coming, big picture, the federal government is cutting more funding to the states. It will have to cut military spending, funding to education and cuts are coming to social programs. New Mexico is vulnerable. Southern New Mexico is really vulnerable. White Sands Missile Range, NASA White Sands Test Facility, New Mexico State University, all vulnerable because of deep cuts by the government projected for these sectors of our economy. This is another form of digging deep.

Our state legislative process will start soon. This year is a 60 day session, starting on January 16th, 2013.
We ask a great deal of New Mexico legislators. Cuts in federal programs will impact our legislative agenda, how we don't know yet. Yet, each legislator will be asked to deal with these and many other local issues, all it will all be packed into 60 days.

No wonder legislators have a hard time with balance when they live in this environment. It is up to us to lead the way. There are important pieces of legislation being addresses in this next session. One is the Informed Consent legislation regarding protection of companies who work on the Virgin Galactic vehicle. We need balance in getting the Informed Consent legislation dialog fully developed so people in the legislature understand where the benefits are to the state, and what the potential risks are so realistic expectations are embedded into the legislation.

New Mexico State University is beginning to get community input as the search for a President starts in earnest. The Regents have as big a job ahead of them as any legislative body. There are only 5 of them. There are many leaders, elected and appointed, who will be asked to dig deep in the next three months. Let all of us work to provide balance in our interactions with these people. I will dig deep, its balance I am after, not winning.

J.R.R. Tolkien wrote books for his children. Like all great children's books, lessons were hidden in big adventures and larger than life characters, even if they were short in stature. I am sharing a favorite quote from The Hobbit. I've kept it in mind when making big decision in my life and it seems timely now in light of the latest change in Administration at NMSU. "It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him." I work at NMSU, and as a career decision, I decided I would get one of my degrees in Higher Education Management. I believe you might be interested to know, as I was, how New Mexico's universities are funded and governed.

Did you know tuition covers less than 20% of the cost of delivering one credit hour of instruction? The other 80% of funding to run a university comes from federal, state and industry research grants and contracts. Alumni giving and philanthropy are also important sources of income. Ticket prices and contracts for televising football and basketball games do not cover the costs of providing these activities.

NMSU is a Land Grant University, a public university. The Land Grant program was established under Abraham Lincoln at the height of the Civil War. His vision was to establish a system of public universities that would unify the country after the Civil War. The benefits of technical superiority turned the tide for the north in the war. The capital needed to industrialize and feed the nation after the war would come from a well educated, technically skilled workforce. We not only needed public universities, but we also had to take the research emerging from the universities and create a system to distribute and integrate this research to benefit the towns and villages.

The Land Grant program is such a system. It is funded by Congress, and administered by the Department of Agriculture. By law, the Federal Government provides for the support of public higher education in each of the states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Law requires the states provide one dollar for every dollar the Federal Government gives to New Mexico under the Land Grant program. Our State Constitution provides the matching funds to NMSU.

The Space Grant program is modeled after the Land Grant program. It is funded by Congress, and administered by NASA. There is a Space Grant program in every state. The Space Grant program does not have matching funds protection provided by the State Constitution in New Mexico, so our matching funds must be raised privately. To raise Space Grant the matching funds, one of the service activities I conduct as the State Director for the Space Grant Program, is the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight.

Universities are governed by a Board of Regents appointed by the Governor. University Presidents are selected by the Board of Regents, and they serve at the pleasure of the Board.

The Land Grant and Space Grant programs provide funding for development of research programs in agricultural and space related disciplines. We fund the development and delivery of classes, lab equipment, scholarships, fellowships and public service programs.

The State of New Mexico's Land Grant University and lead Space Grant university is New Mexico State University. Both programs are statewide. New Mexico has three Research Universities, NMSU, UNM and NM Tech. These universities are the PhD granting institutions in the state. A PhD is a research degree.

Dan Lopez has been the President of New Mexico Tech since 1994. They are a mighty successful, growing, stable university. NM Tech has thrived under his steady leadership. UNM is breaking in a new President, again. Looks like NMSU is in the same boat, again.

This next quote is directed at our Board of Regents; it is from the Bible, "In the seed is born the fruit." If you want a university President to have strength in community and alumni relations, look at their numbers. How much money have they raised because of the programs they created? How many supporters gave to programs they created? What innovative relationship building programs did they start? Presidents are not born to leadership, they are developed. What leadership roles have they had in and outside academia if, in fact, that is where you want them to function effectively? The search firms and search committees should not be in the driver's seat, they are not accountable. You are.

J.R.R. Tolkien wrote books for his children. Like all great children's books, lessons were hidden in big adventures and larger than life characters, even if they were short in stature. I am sharing a favorite quote from The Hobbit. I've kept it in mind when making big decision in my life and it seems timely now in light of the latest change in Administration at NMSU. "It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him." I work at NMSU, and as a career decision, I decided I would get one of my degrees in Higher Education Management. I believe you might be interested to know, as I was, how New Mexico's universities are funded and governed.

Did you know tuition covers less than 20% of the cost of delivering one credit hour of instruction? The other 80% of funding to run a university comes from federal, state and industry research grants and contracts. Alumni giving and philanthropy are also important sources of income. Ticket prices and contracts for televising football and basketball games do not cover the costs of providing these activities.

NMSU is a Land Grant University, a public university. The Land Grant program was established under Abraham Lincoln at the height of the Civil War. His vision was to establish a system of public universities that would unify the country after the Civil War. The benefits of technical superiority turned the tide for the north in the war. The capital needed to industrialize and feed the nation after the war would come from a well educated, technically skilled workforce. We not only needed public universities, but we also had to take the research emerging from the universities and create a system to distribute and integrate this research to benefit the towns and villages.

The Land Grant program is such a system. It is funded by Congress, and administered by the Department of Agriculture. By law, the Federal Government provides for the support of public higher education in each of the states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Law requires the states provide one dollar for every dollar the Federal Government gives to New Mexico under the Land Grant program. Our State Constitution provides the matching funds to NMSU.

The Space Grant program is modeled after the Land Grant program. It is funded by Congress, and administered by NASA. There is a Space Grant program in every state. The Space Grant program does not have matching funds protection provided by the State Constitution in New Mexico, so our matching funds must be raised privately. To raise Space Grant the matching funds, one of the service activities I conduct as the State Director for the Space Grant Program, is the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight.

Universities are governed by a Board of Regents appointed by the Governor. University Presidents are selected by the Board of Regents, and they serve at the pleasure of the Board.

The Land Grant and Space Grant programs provide funding for development of research programs in agricultural and space related disciplines. We fund the development and delivery of classes, lab equipment, scholarships, fellowships and public service programs.

The State of New Mexico's Land Grant University and lead Space Grant university is New Mexico State University. Both programs are statewide. New Mexico has three Research Universities, NMSU, UNM and NM Tech. These universities are the PhD granting institutions in the state. A PhD is a research degree.

Dan Lopez has been the President of New Mexico Tech since 1994. They are a mighty successful, growing, stable university. NM Tech has thrived under his steady leadership. UNM is breaking in a new President, again. Looks like NMSU is in the same boat, again.

This next quote is directed at our Board of Regents; it is from the Bible, "In the seed is born the fruit." If you want a university President to have strength in community and alumni relations, look at their numbers. How much money have they raised because of the programs they created? How many supporters gave to programs they created? What innovative relationship building programs did they start? Presidents are not born to leadership, they are developed. What leadership roles have they had in and outside academia if, in fact, that is where you want them to function effectively? The search firms and search committees should not be in the driver's seat, they are not accountable. You are.

J.R.R. Tolkien wrote books for his children. Like all great children's books, lessons were hidden in big adventures and larger than life characters, even if they were short in stature. I am sharing a favorite quote from The Hobbit. I've kept it in mind when making big decision in my life and it seems timely now in light of the latest change in Administration at NMSU. "It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him." I work at NMSU, and as a career decision, I decided I would get one of my degrees in Higher Education Management. I believe you might be interested to know, as I was, how New Mexico's universities are funded and governed.

Did you know tuition covers less than 20% of the cost of delivering one credit hour of instruction? The other 80% of funding to run a university comes from federal, state and industry research grants and contracts. Alumni giving and philanthropy are also important sources of income. Ticket prices and contracts for televising football and basketball games do not cover the costs of providing these activities.

NMSU is a Land Grant University, a public university. The Land Grant program was established under Abraham Lincoln at the height of the Civil War. His vision was to establish a system of public universities that would unify the country after the Civil War. The benefits of technical superiority turned the tide for the north in the war. The capital needed to industrialize and feed the nation after the war would come from a well educated, technically skilled workforce. We not only needed public universities, but we also had to take the research emerging from the universities and create a system to distribute and integrate this research to benefit the towns and villages.

The Land Grant program is such a system. It is funded by Congress, and administered by the Department of Agriculture. By law, the Federal Government provides for the support of public higher education in each of the states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Law requires the states provide one dollar for every dollar the Federal Government gives to New Mexico under the Land Grant program. Our State Constitution provides the matching funds to NMSU.

The Space Grant program is modeled after the Land Grant program. It is funded by Congress, and administered by NASA. There is a Space Grant program in every state. The Space Grant program does not have matching funds protection provided by the State Constitution in New Mexico, so our matching funds must be raised privately. To raise Space Grant the matching funds, one of the service activities I conduct as the State Director for the Space Grant Program, is the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight.

Universities are governed by a Board of Regents appointed by the Governor. University Presidents are selected by the Board of Regents, and they serve at the pleasure of the Board.

The Land Grant and Space Grant programs provide funding for development of research programs in agricultural and space related disciplines. We fund the development and delivery of classes, lab equipment, scholarships, fellowships and public service programs.

The State of New Mexico's Land Grant University and lead Space Grant university is New Mexico State University. Both programs are statewide. New Mexico has three Research Universities, NMSU, UNM and NM Tech. These universities are the PhD granting institutions in the state. A PhD is a research degree.

Dan Lopez has been the President of New Mexico Tech since 1994. They are a mighty successful, growing, stable university. NM Tech has thrived under his steady leadership. UNM is breaking in a new President, again. Looks like NMSU is in the same boat, again.

This next quote is directed at our Board of Regents; it is from the Bible, "In the seed is born the fruit." If you want a university President to have strength in community and alumni relations, look at their numbers. How much money have they raised because of the programs they created? How many supporters gave to programs they created? What innovative relationship building programs did they start? Presidents are not born to leadership, they are developed. What leadership roles have they had in and outside academia if, in fact, that is where you want them to function effectively? The search firms and search committees should not be in the driver's seat, they are not accountable. You are.

J.R.R. Tolkien wrote books for his children. Like all great children's books, lessons were hidden in big adventures and larger than life characters, even if they were short in stature. I am sharing a favorite quote from The Hobbit. I've kept it in mind when making big decision in my life and it seems timely now in light of the latest change in Administration at NMSU. "It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him." I work at NMSU, and as a career decision, I decided I would get one of my degrees in Higher Education Management. I believe you might be interested to know, as I was, how New Mexico's universities are funded and governed.

Did you know tuition covers less than 20% of the cost of delivering one credit hour of instruction? The other 80% of funding to run a university comes from federal, state and industry research grants and contracts. Alumni giving and philanthropy are also important sources of income. Ticket prices and contracts for televising football and basketball games do not cover the costs of providing these activities.

NMSU is a Land Grant University, a public university. The Land Grant program was established under Abraham Lincoln at the height of the Civil War. His vision was to establish a system of public universities that would unify the country after the Civil War. The benefits of technical superiority turned the tide for the north in the war. The capital needed to industrialize and feed the nation after the war would come from a well educated, technically skilled workforce. We not only needed public universities, but we also had to take the research emerging from the universities and create a system to distribute and integrate this research to benefit the towns and villages.

The Land Grant program is such a system. It is funded by Congress, and administered by the Department of Agriculture. By law, the Federal Government provides for the support of public higher education in each of the states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Law requires the states provide one dollar for every dollar the Federal Government gives to New Mexico under the Land Grant program. Our State Constitution provides the matching funds to NMSU.

The Space Grant program is modeled after the Land Grant program. It is funded by Congress, and administered by NASA. There is a Space Grant program in every state. The Space Grant program does not have matching funds protection provided by the State Constitution in New Mexico, so our matching funds must be raised privately. To raise Space Grant the matching funds, one of the service activities I conduct as the State Director for the Space Grant Program, is the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight.

Universities are governed by a Board of Regents appointed by the Governor. University Presidents are selected by the Board of Regents, and they serve at the pleasure of the Board.

The Land Grant and Space Grant programs provide funding for development of research programs in agricultural and space related disciplines. We fund the development and delivery of classes, lab equipment, scholarships, fellowships and public service programs.

The State of New Mexico's Land Grant University and lead Space Grant university is New Mexico State University. Both programs are statewide. New Mexico has three Research Universities, NMSU, UNM and NM Tech. These universities are the PhD granting institutions in the state. A PhD is a research degree.

Dan Lopez has been the President of New Mexico Tech since 1994. They are a mighty successful, growing, stable university. NM Tech has thrived under his steady leadership. UNM is breaking in a new President, again. Looks like NMSU is in the same boat, again.

This next quote is directed at our Board of Regents; it is from the Bible, "In the seed is born the fruit." If you want a university President to have strength in community and alumni relations, look at their numbers. How much money have they raised because of the programs they created? How many supporters gave to programs they created? What innovative relationship building programs did they start? Presidents are not born to leadership, they are developed. What leadership roles have they had in and outside academia if, in fact, that is where you want them to function effectively? The search firms and search committees should not be in the driver's seat, they are not accountable. You are.

J.R.R. Tolkien wrote books for his children. Like all great children's books, lessons were hidden in big adventures and larger than life characters, even if they were short in stature. I am sharing a favorite quote from The Hobbit. I've kept it in mind when making big decision in my life and it seems timely now in light of the latest change in Administration at NMSU. "It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him." I work at NMSU, and as a career decision, I decided I would get one of my degrees in Higher Education Management. I believe you might be interested to know, as I was, how New Mexico's universities are funded and governed.

Did you know tuition covers less than 20% of the cost of delivering one credit hour of instruction? The other 80% of funding to run a university comes from federal, state and industry research grants and contracts. Alumni giving and philanthropy are also important sources of income. Ticket prices and contracts for televising football and basketball games do not cover the costs of providing these activities.

NMSU is a Land Grant University, a public university. The Land Grant program was established under Abraham Lincoln at the height of the Civil War. His vision was to establish a system of public universities that would unify the country after the Civil War. The benefits of technical superiority turned the tide for the north in the war. The capital needed to industrialize and feed the nation after the war would come from a well educated, technically skilled workforce. We not only needed public universities, but we also had to take the research emerging from the universities and create a system to distribute and integrate this research to benefit the towns and villages.

The Land Grant program is such a system. It is funded by Congress, and administered by the Department of Agriculture. By law, the Federal Government provides for the support of public higher education in each of the states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Law requires the states provide one dollar for every dollar the Federal Government gives to New Mexico under the Land Grant program. Our State Constitution provides the matching funds to NMSU.

The Space Grant program is modeled after the Land Grant program. It is funded by Congress, and administered by NASA. There is a Space Grant program in every state. The Space Grant program does not have matching funds protection provided by the State Constitution in New Mexico, so our matching funds must be raised privately. To raise Space Grant the matching funds, one of the service activities I conduct as the State Director for the Space Grant Program, is the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight.

Universities are governed by a Board of Regents appointed by the Governor. University Presidents are selected by the Board of Regents, and they serve at the pleasure of the Board.

The Land Grant and Space Grant programs provide funding for development of research programs in agricultural and space related disciplines. We fund the development and delivery of classes, lab equipment, scholarships, fellowships and public service programs.

The State of New Mexico's Land Grant University and lead Space Grant university is New Mexico State University. Both programs are statewide. New Mexico has three Research Universities, NMSU, UNM and NM Tech. These universities are the PhD granting institutions in the state. A PhD is a research degree.

Dan Lopez has been the President of New Mexico Tech since 1994. They are a mighty successful, growing, stable university. NM Tech has thrived under his steady leadership. UNM is breaking in a new President, again. Looks like NMSU is in the same boat, again.

This next quote is directed at our Board of Regents; it is from the Bible, "In the seed is born the fruit." If you want a university President to have strength in community and alumni relations, look at their numbers. How much money have they raised because of the programs they created? How many supporters gave to programs they created? What innovative relationship building programs did they start? Presidents are not born to leadership, they are developed. What leadership roles have they had in and outside academia if, in fact, that is where you want them to function effectively? The search firms and search committees should not be in the driver's seat, they are not accountable. You are.

J.R.R. Tolkien wrote books for his children. Like all great children's books, lessons were hidden in big adventures and larger than life characters, even if they were short in stature. I am sharing a favorite quote from The Hobbit. I've kept it in mind when making big decision in my life and it seems timely now in light of the latest change in Administration at NMSU. "It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him." I work at NMSU, and as a career decision, I decided I would get one of my degrees in Higher Education Management. I believe you might be interested to know, as I was, how New Mexico's universities are funded and governed.

Did you know tuition covers less than 20% of the cost of delivering one credit hour of instruction? The other 80% of funding to run a university comes from federal, state and industry research grants and contracts. Alumni giving and philanthropy are also important sources of income. Ticket prices and contracts for televising football and basketball games do not cover the costs of providing these activities.

NMSU is a Land Grant University, a public university. The Land Grant program was established under Abraham Lincoln at the height of the Civil War. His vision was to establish a system of public universities that would unify the country after the Civil War. The benefits of technical superiority turned the tide for the north in the war. The capital needed to industrialize and feed the nation after the war would come from a well educated, technically skilled workforce. We not only needed public universities, but we also had to take the research emerging from the universities and create a system to distribute and integrate this research to benefit the towns and villages.

The Land Grant program is such a system. It is funded by Congress, and administered by the Department of Agriculture. By law, the Federal Government provides for the support of public higher education in each of the states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Law requires the states provide one dollar for every dollar the Federal Government gives to New Mexico under the Land Grant program. Our State Constitution provides the matching funds to NMSU.

The Space Grant program is modeled after the Land Grant program. It is funded by Congress, and administered by NASA. There is a Space Grant program in every state. The Space Grant program does not have matching funds protection provided by the State Constitution in New Mexico, so our matching funds must be raised privately. To raise Space Grant the matching funds, one of the service activities I conduct as the State Director for the Space Grant Program, is the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight.

Universities are governed by a Board of Regents appointed by the Governor. University Presidents are selected by the Board of Regents, and they serve at the pleasure of the Board.

The Land Grant and Space Grant programs provide funding for development of research programs in agricultural and space related disciplines. We fund the development and delivery of classes, lab equipment, scholarships, fellowships and public service programs.

The State of New Mexico's Land Grant University and lead Space Grant university is New Mexico State University. Both programs are statewide. New Mexico has three Research Universities, NMSU, UNM and NM Tech. These universities are the PhD granting institutions in the state. A PhD is a research degree.

Dan Lopez has been the President of New Mexico Tech since 1994. They are a mighty successful, growing, stable university. NM Tech has thrived under his steady leadership. UNM is breaking in a new President, again. Looks like NMSU is in the same boat, again.

This next quote is directed at our Board of Regents; it is from the Bible, "In the seed is born the fruit." If you want a university President to have strength in community and alumni relations, look at their numbers. How much money have they raised because of the programs they created? How many supporters gave to programs they created? What innovative relationship building programs did they start? Presidents are not born to leadership, they are developed. What leadership roles have they had in and outside academia if, in fact, that is where you want them to function effectively? The search firms and search committees should not be in the driver's seat, they are not accountable. You are.

J.R.R. Tolkien wrote books for his children. Like all great children's books, lessons were hidden in big adventures and larger than life characters, even if they were short in stature. I am sharing a favorite quote from The Hobbit. I've kept it in mind when making big decision in my life and it seems timely now in light of the latest change in Administration at NMSU. "It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him." I work at NMSU, and as a career decision, I decided I would get one of my degrees in Higher Education Management. I believe you might be interested to know, as I was, how New Mexico's universities are funded and governed.

Did you know tuition covers less than 20% of the cost of delivering one credit hour of instruction? The other 80% of funding to run a university comes from federal, state and industry research grants and contracts. Alumni giving and philanthropy are also important sources of income. Ticket prices and contracts for televising football and basketball games do not cover the costs of providing these activities.

NMSU is a Land Grant University, a public university. The Land Grant program was established under Abraham Lincoln at the height of the Civil War. His vision was to establish a system of public universities that would unify the country after the Civil War. The benefits of technical superiority turned the tide for the north in the war. The capital needed to industrialize and feed the nation after the war would come from a well educated, technically skilled workforce. We not only needed public universities, but we also had to take the research emerging from the universities and create a system to distribute and integrate this research to benefit the towns and villages.

The Land Grant program is such a system. It is funded by Congress, and administered by the Department of Agriculture. By law, the Federal Government provides for the support of public higher education in each of the states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Law requires the states provide one dollar for every dollar the Federal Government gives to New Mexico under the Land Grant program. Our State Constitution provides the matching funds to NMSU.

The Space Grant program is modeled after the Land Grant program. It is funded by Congress, and administered by NASA. There is a Space Grant program in every state. The Space Grant program does not have matching funds protection provided by the State Constitution in New Mexico, so our matching funds must be raised privately. To raise Space Grant the matching funds, one of the service activities I conduct as the State Director for the Space Grant Program, is the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight.

Universities are governed by a Board of Regents appointed by the Governor. University Presidents are selected by the Board of Regents, and they serve at the pleasure of the Board.

The Land Grant and Space Grant programs provide funding for development of research programs in agricultural and space related disciplines. We fund the development and delivery of classes, lab equipment, scholarships, fellowships and public service programs.

The State of New Mexico's Land Grant University and lead Space Grant university is New Mexico State University. Both programs are statewide. New Mexico has three Research Universities, NMSU, UNM and NM Tech. These universities are the PhD granting institutions in the state. A PhD is a research degree.

Dan Lopez has been the President of New Mexico Tech since 1994. They are a mighty successful, growing, stable university. NM Tech has thrived under his steady leadership. UNM is breaking in a new President, again. Looks like NMSU is in the same boat, again.

This next quote is directed at our Board of Regents; it is from the Bible, "In the seed is born the fruit." If you want a university President to have strength in community and alumni relations, look at their numbers. How much money have they raised because of the programs they created? How many supporters gave to programs they created? What innovative relationship building programs did they start? Presidents are not born to leadership, they are developed. What leadership roles have they had in and outside academia if, in fact, that is where you want them to function effectively? The search firms and search committees should not be in the driver's seat, they are not accountable. You are.

J.R.R. Tolkien wrote books for his children. Like all great children's books, lessons were hidden in big adventures and larger than life characters, even if they were short in stature. I am sharing a favorite quote from The Hobbit. I've kept it in mind when making big decision in my life and it seems timely now in light of the latest change in Administration at NMSU. "It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him." I work at NMSU, and as a career decision, I decided I would get one of my degrees in Higher Education Management. I believe you might be interested to know, as I was, how New Mexico's universities are funded and governed.

Did you know tuition covers less than 20% of the cost of delivering one credit hour of instruction? The other 80% of funding to run a university comes from federal, state and industry research grants and contracts. Alumni giving and philanthropy are also important sources of income. Ticket prices and contracts for televising football and basketball games do not cover the costs of providing these activities.

NMSU is a Land Grant University, a public university. The Land Grant program was established under Abraham Lincoln at the height of the Civil War. His vision was to establish a system of public universities that would unify the country after the Civil War. The benefits of technical superiority turned the tide for the north in the war. The capital needed to industrialize and feed the nation after the war would come from a well educated, technically skilled workforce. We not only needed public universities, but we also had to take the research emerging from the universities and create a system to distribute and integrate this research to benefit the towns and villages.

The Land Grant program is such a system. It is funded by Congress, and administered by the Department of Agriculture. By law, the Federal Government provides for the support of public higher education in each of the states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Law requires the states provide one dollar for every dollar the Federal Government gives to New Mexico under the Land Grant program. Our State Constitution provides the matching funds to NMSU.

The Space Grant program is modeled after the Land Grant program. It is funded by Congress, and administered by NASA. There is a Space Grant program in every state. The Space Grant program does not have matching funds protection provided by the State Constitution in New Mexico, so our matching funds must be raised privately. To raise Space Grant the matching funds, one of the service activities I conduct as the State Director for the Space Grant Program, is the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight.

Universities are governed by a Board of Regents appointed by the Governor. University Presidents are selected by the Board of Regents, and they serve at the pleasure of the Board.

The Land Grant and Space Grant programs provide funding for development of research programs in agricultural and space related disciplines. We fund the development and delivery of classes, lab equipment, scholarships, fellowships and public service programs.

The State of New Mexico's Land Grant University and lead Space Grant university is New Mexico State University. Both programs are statewide. New Mexico has three Research Universities, NMSU, UNM and NM Tech. These universities are the PhD granting institutions in the state. A PhD is a research degree.

Dan Lopez has been the President of New Mexico Tech since 1994. They are a mighty successful, growing, stable university. NM Tech has thrived under his steady leadership. UNM is breaking in a new President, again. Looks like NMSU is in the same boat, again.

This next quote is directed at our Board of Regents; it is from the Bible, "In the seed is born the fruit." If you want a university President to have strength in community and alumni relations, look at their numbers. How much money have they raised because of the programs they created? How many supporters gave to programs they created? What innovative relationship building programs did they start? Presidents are not born to leadership, they are developed. What leadership roles have they had in and outside academia if, in fact, that is where you want them to function effectively? The search firms and search committees should not be in the driver's seat, they are not accountable. You are.

J.R.R. Tolkien wrote books for his children. Like all great children's books, lessons were hidden in big adventures and larger than life characters, even if they were short in stature. I am sharing a favorite quote from The Hobbit. I've kept it in mind when making big decision in my life and it seems timely now in light of the latest change in Administration at NMSU. "It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him." I work at NMSU, and as a career decision, I decided I would get one of my degrees in Higher Education Management. I believe you might be interested to know, as I was, how New Mexico's universities are funded and governed.

Did you know tuition covers less than 20% of the cost of delivering one credit hour of instruction? The other 80% of funding to run a university comes from federal, state and industry research grants and contracts. Alumni giving and philanthropy are also important sources of income. Ticket prices and contracts for televising football and basketball games do not cover the costs of providing these activities.

NMSU is a Land Grant University, a public university. The Land Grant program was established under Abraham Lincoln at the height of the Civil War. His vision was to establish a system of public universities that would unify the country after the Civil War. The benefits of technical superiority turned the tide for the north in the war. The capital needed to industrialize and feed the nation after the war would come from a well educated, technically skilled workforce. We not only needed public universities, but we also had to take the research emerging from the universities and create a system to distribute and integrate this research to benefit the towns and villages.

The Land Grant program is such a system. It is funded by Congress, and administered by the Department of Agriculture. By law, the Federal Government provides for the support of public higher education in each of the states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Law requires the states provide one dollar for every dollar the Federal Government gives to New Mexico under the Land Grant program. Our State Constitution provides the matching funds to NMSU.

The Space Grant program is modeled after the Land Grant program. It is funded by Congress, and administered by NASA. There is a Space Grant program in every state. The Space Grant program does not have matching funds protection provided by the State Constitution in New Mexico, so our matching funds must be raised privately. To raise Space Grant the matching funds, one of the service activities I conduct as the State Director for the Space Grant Program, is the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight.

Universities are governed by a Board of Regents appointed by the Governor. University Presidents are selected by the Board of Regents, and they serve at the pleasure of the Board.

The Land Grant and Space Grant programs provide funding for development of research programs in agricultural and space related disciplines. We fund the development and delivery of classes, lab equipment, scholarships, fellowships and public service programs.

The State of New Mexico's Land Grant University and lead Space Grant university is New Mexico State University. Both programs are statewide. New Mexico has three Research Universities, NMSU, UNM and NM Tech. These universities are the PhD granting institutions in the state. A PhD is a research degree.

Dan Lopez has been the President of New Mexico Tech since 1994. They are a mighty successful, growing, stable university. NM Tech has thrived under his steady leadership. UNM is breaking in a new President, again. Looks like NMSU is in the same boat, again.

This next quote is directed at our Board of Regents; it is from the Bible, "In the seed is born the fruit." If you want a university President to have strength in community and alumni relations, look at their numbers. How much money have they raised because of the programs they created? How many supporters gave to programs they created? What innovative relationship building programs did they start? Presidents are not born to leadership, they are developed. What leadership roles have they had in and outside academia if, in fact, that is where you want them to function effectively? The search firms and search committees should not be in the driver's seat, they are not accountable. You are.

Whether it is the upcoming Whole Enchilada Fiesta or the just completed celebrations surrounding the Sixteenth of September, these events have showcased our talents, products, and people. We share not only with each other but also with the people who traveled here to join us. Thousands of us are involved.

We are a nation of great promise whose future is dependent on the commitment of individuals to create and innovate. We are fortunate to have so many choices to come together and celebrate; there is so much promise just over our horizon.

Don Pettit, chemical engineer and astronaut, recently wrote an article while aboard the International Space Station. The article titled,"The tyranny of the rocket equation", was published in AdAstra magazine. The rocket equation looks simple - here it is.
Mf=1- e(-∆v/ve). But like space travel, it is complex. The equation captures the variables involved in how a rocket gets to space.

Rockets are what we use to get to space right now. Rockets are momentum machines. Burt Rutan, the designer of the system that will ferry passengers to space from Spaceport America, is working to help us lessen the tyranny of the rocket equation by using an aircraft to launch a spacecraft.

I am not an engineer. There is no other way to describe it but excitement when I see this simple equation. It helps me understand the beauty engineers see because they are viewing the world differently than I do. Don Pettit deeply understands how to get to space. Understanding, it is the beginning.

The love affair humans have with space travel is like a first crush. You love from afar. You may get close, but you are not ready for love. Moving from understanding to mastery requires knowledge and practice. The rocket equation for rocketeers was like giving a student who just got accepted into Julliard their first fabulous violin and bow. With the gift of the instrument, the journey gains momentum. The rocket equation clearly identified what it takes to move mass to space. You can Google the rocket equation for the description of the three variables captured in the equation.

Escaping the tyranny of a bad government takes a huge amounts of energy and momentum. When Mexico fought for its independence from Spain, everyone had to fight together. Rich and poor, Mexican, Indian, and Mesizos, they were all involved. The war went on for eleven years. Now, Mexican Independence Day is a day of celebration. Once Mexico escaped tyranny, they put their energy into building a great society and they moved on to solve the bigger problems of nationhood.

Solving the rocket equation was like Independence Day for rocketeers. They were able to move on and start building the vehicles that took us to the moon. We have been celebrating the life of Neil Armstrong this week. Beth O'Leary, a member of the NMSU faculty has written about Neil, you may soon find in the Sun News.

Escaping the tyranny of any undesirable circumstance can be overcome with purposeful action. Almost without exception, the fiestas, celebrations and conferences have an eventual outcome of supporting a greater good. Conferences and symposia are ways for people to learn and share knowledge. In a university town, we are have many opportunities to learn and gain greater understanding. Similarly, fiestas and celebrations are gatherings around food, music and cultural exchange, which accomplish the same ends as conferences. We share knowledge and understanding.

For those of us in the space business, we are also in the pioneering business. Some of the motivation for escaping the bounds of earth comes from deep inside the human psyche. We know some day, if we don't kill ourselves off as a species, we will live off the planet. We are not ready yet, but we are gaining understanding.

Whether it is a football game, soccer, fiesta or conference, it is our coming together that is worth celebrating. I ask we all work on gratitude this season because we are able to gather in peace in this country.

Whether it is the upcoming Whole Enchilada Fiesta or the just completed celebrations surrounding the Sixteenth of September, these events have showcased our talents, products, and people. We share not only with each other but also with the people who traveled here to join us. Thousands of us are involved.

We are a nation of great promise whose future is dependent on the commitment of individuals to create and innovate. We are fortunate to have so many choices to come together and celebrate; there is so much promise just over our horizon.

Don Pettit, chemical engineer and astronaut, recently wrote an article while aboard the International Space Station. The article titled,"The tyranny of the rocket equation", was published in AdAstra magazine. The rocket equation looks simple - here it is.
Mf=1- e(-∆v/ve). But like space travel, it is complex. The equation captures the variables involved in how a rocket gets to space.

Rockets are what we use to get to space right now. Rockets are momentum machines. Burt Rutan, the designer of the system that will ferry passengers to space from Spaceport America, is working to help us lessen the tyranny of the rocket equation by using an aircraft to launch a spacecraft.

I am not an engineer. There is no other way to describe it but excitement when I see this simple equation. It helps me understand the beauty engineers see because they are viewing the world differently than I do. Don Pettit deeply understands how to get to space. Understanding, it is the beginning.

The love affair humans have with space travel is like a first crush. You love from afar. You may get close, but you are not ready for love. Moving from understanding to mastery requires knowledge and practice. The rocket equation for rocketeers was like giving a student who just got accepted into Julliard their first fabulous violin and bow. With the gift of the instrument, the journey gains momentum. The rocket equation clearly identified what it takes to move mass to space. You can Google the rocket equation for the description of the three variables captured in the equation.

Escaping the tyranny of a bad government takes a huge amounts of energy and momentum. When Mexico fought for its independence from Spain, everyone had to fight together. Rich and poor, Mexican, Indian, and Mesizos, they were all involved. The war went on for eleven years. Now, Mexican Independence Day is a day of celebration. Once Mexico escaped tyranny, they put their energy into building a great society and they moved on to solve the bigger problems of nationhood.

Solving the rocket equation was like Independence Day for rocketeers. They were able to move on and start building the vehicles that took us to the moon. We have been celebrating the life of Neil Armstrong this week. Beth O'Leary, a member of the NMSU faculty has written about Neil, you may soon find in the Sun News.

Escaping the tyranny of any undesirable circumstance can be overcome with purposeful action. Almost without exception, the fiestas, celebrations and conferences have an eventual outcome of supporting a greater good. Conferences and symposia are ways for people to learn and share knowledge. In a university town, we are have many opportunities to learn and gain greater understanding. Similarly, fiestas and celebrations are gatherings around food, music and cultural exchange, which accomplish the same ends as conferences. We share knowledge and understanding.

For those of us in the space business, we are also in the pioneering business. Some of the motivation for escaping the bounds of earth comes from deep inside the human psyche. We know some day, if we don't kill ourselves off as a species, we will live off the planet. We are not ready yet, but we are gaining understanding.

Whether it is a football game, soccer, fiesta or conference, it is our coming together that is worth celebrating. I ask we all work on gratitude this season because we are able to gather in peace in this country.

Whether it is the upcoming Whole Enchilada Fiesta or the just completed celebrations surrounding the Sixteenth of September, these events have showcased our talents, products, and people. We share not only with each other but also with the people who traveled here to join us. Thousands of us are involved.

We are a nation of great promise whose future is dependent on the commitment of individuals to create and innovate. We are fortunate to have so many choices to come together and celebrate; there is so much promise just over our horizon.

Don Pettit, chemical engineer and astronaut, recently wrote an article while aboard the International Space Station. The article titled,"The tyranny of the rocket equation", was published in AdAstra magazine. The rocket equation looks simple - here it is.
Mf=1- e(-∆v/ve). But like space travel, it is complex. The equation captures the variables involved in how a rocket gets to space.

Rockets are what we use to get to space right now. Rockets are momentum machines. Burt Rutan, the designer of the system that will ferry passengers to space from Spaceport America, is working to help us lessen the tyranny of the rocket equation by using an aircraft to launch a spacecraft.

I am not an engineer. There is no other way to describe it but excitement when I see this simple equation. It helps me understand the beauty engineers see because they are viewing the world differently than I do. Don Pettit deeply understands how to get to space. Understanding, it is the beginning.

The love affair humans have with space travel is like a first crush. You love from afar. You may get close, but you are not ready for love. Moving from understanding to mastery requires knowledge and practice. The rocket equation for rocketeers was like giving a student who just got accepted into Julliard their first fabulous violin and bow. With the gift of the instrument, the journey gains momentum. The rocket equation clearly identified what it takes to move mass to space. You can Google the rocket equation for the description of the three variables captured in the equation.

Escaping the tyranny of a bad government takes a huge amounts of energy and momentum. When Mexico fought for its independence from Spain, everyone had to fight together. Rich and poor, Mexican, Indian, and Mesizos, they were all involved. The war went on for eleven years. Now, Mexican Independence Day is a day of celebration. Once Mexico escaped tyranny, they put their energy into building a great society and they moved on to solve the bigger problems of nationhood.

Solving the rocket equation was like Independence Day for rocketeers. They were able to move on and start building the vehicles that took us to the moon. We have been celebrating the life of Neil Armstrong this week. Beth O'Leary, a member of the NMSU faculty has written about Neil, you may soon find in the Sun News.

Escaping the tyranny of any undesirable circumstance can be overcome with purposeful action. Almost without exception, the fiestas, celebrations and conferences have an eventual outcome of supporting a greater good. Conferences and symposia are ways for people to learn and share knowledge. In a university town, we are have many opportunities to learn and gain greater understanding. Similarly, fiestas and celebrations are gatherings around food, music and cultural exchange, which accomplish the same ends as conferences. We share knowledge and understanding.

For those of us in the space business, we are also in the pioneering business. Some of the motivation for escaping the bounds of earth comes from deep inside the human psyche. We know some day, if we don't kill ourselves off as a species, we will live off the planet. We are not ready yet, but we are gaining understanding.

Whether it is a football game, soccer, fiesta or conference, it is our coming together that is worth celebrating. I ask we all work on gratitude this season because we are able to gather in peace in this country.

Whether it is the upcoming Whole Enchilada Fiesta or the just completed celebrations surrounding the Sixteenth of September, these events have showcased our talents, products, and people. We share not only with each other but also with the people who traveled here to join us. Thousands of us are involved.

We are a nation of great promise whose future is dependent on the commitment of individuals to create and innovate. We are fortunate to have so many choices to come together and celebrate; there is so much promise just over our horizon.

Don Pettit, chemical engineer and astronaut, recently wrote an article while aboard the International Space Station. The article titled,"The tyranny of the rocket equation", was published in AdAstra magazine. The rocket equation looks simple - here it is.
Mf=1- e(-∆v/ve). But like space travel, it is complex. The equation captures the variables involved in how a rocket gets to space.

Rockets are what we use to get to space right now. Rockets are momentum machines. Burt Rutan, the designer of the system that will ferry passengers to space from Spaceport America, is working to help us lessen the tyranny of the rocket equation by using an aircraft to launch a spacecraft.

I am not an engineer. There is no other way to describe it but excitement when I see this simple equation. It helps me understand the beauty engineers see because they are viewing the world differently than I do. Don Pettit deeply understands how to get to space. Understanding, it is the beginning.

The love affair humans have with space travel is like a first crush. You love from afar. You may get close, but you are not ready for love. Moving from understanding to mastery requires knowledge and practice. The rocket equation for rocketeers was like giving a student who just got accepted into Julliard their first fabulous violin and bow. With the gift of the instrument, the journey gains momentum. The rocket equation clearly identified what it takes to move mass to space. You can Google the rocket equation for the description of the three variables captured in the equation.

Escaping the tyranny of a bad government takes a huge amounts of energy and momentum. When Mexico fought for its independence from Spain, everyone had to fight together. Rich and poor, Mexican, Indian, and Mesizos, they were all involved. The war went on for eleven years. Now, Mexican Independence Day is a day of celebration. Once Mexico escaped tyranny, they put their energy into building a great society and they moved on to solve the bigger problems of nationhood.

Solving the rocket equation was like Independence Day for rocketeers. They were able to move on and start building the vehicles that took us to the moon. We have been celebrating the life of Neil Armstrong this week. Beth O'Leary, a member of the NMSU faculty has written about Neil, you may soon find in the Sun News.

Escaping the tyranny of any undesirable circumstance can be overcome with purposeful action. Almost without exception, the fiestas, celebrations and conferences have an eventual outcome of supporting a greater good. Conferences and symposia are ways for people to learn and share knowledge. In a university town, we are have many opportunities to learn and gain greater understanding. Similarly, fiestas and celebrations are gatherings around food, music and cultural exchange, which accomplish the same ends as conferences. We share knowledge and understanding.

For those of us in the space business, we are also in the pioneering business. Some of the motivation for escaping the bounds of earth comes from deep inside the human psyche. We know some day, if we don't kill ourselves off as a species, we will live off the planet. We are not ready yet, but we are gaining understanding.

Whether it is a football game, soccer, fiesta or conference, it is our coming together that is worth celebrating. I ask we all work on gratitude this season because we are able to gather in peace in this country.

Whether it is the upcoming Whole Enchilada Fiesta or the just completed celebrations surrounding the Sixteenth of September, these events have showcased our talents, products, and people. We share not only with each other but also with the people who traveled here to join us. Thousands of us are involved.

We are a nation of great promise whose future is dependent on the commitment of individuals to create and innovate. We are fortunate to have so many choices to come together and celebrate; there is so much promise just over our horizon.

Don Pettit, chemical engineer and astronaut, recently wrote an article while aboard the International Space Station. The article titled,"The tyranny of the rocket equation", was published in AdAstra magazine. The rocket equation looks simple - here it is.
Mf=1- e(-∆v/ve). But like space travel, it is complex. The equation captures the variables involved in how a rocket gets to space.

Rockets are what we use to get to space right now. Rockets are momentum machines. Burt Rutan, the designer of the system that will ferry passengers to space from Spaceport America, is working to help us lessen the tyranny of the rocket equation by using an aircraft to launch a spacecraft.

I am not an engineer. There is no other way to describe it but excitement when I see this simple equation. It helps me understand the beauty engineers see because they are viewing the world differently than I do. Don Pettit deeply understands how to get to space. Understanding, it is the beginning.

The love affair humans have with space travel is like a first crush. You love from afar. You may get close, but you are not ready for love. Moving from understanding to mastery requires knowledge and practice. The rocket equation for rocketeers was like giving a student who just got accepted into Julliard their first fabulous violin and bow. With the gift of the instrument, the journey gains momentum. The rocket equation clearly identified what it takes to move mass to space. You can Google the rocket equation for the description of the three variables captured in the equation.

Escaping the tyranny of a bad government takes a huge amounts of energy and momentum. When Mexico fought for its independence from Spain, everyone had to fight together. Rich and poor, Mexican, Indian, and Mesizos, they were all involved. The war went on for eleven years. Now, Mexican Independence Day is a day of celebration. Once Mexico escaped tyranny, they put their energy into building a great society and they moved on to solve the bigger problems of nationhood.

Solving the rocket equation was like Independence Day for rocketeers. They were able to move on and start building the vehicles that took us to the moon. We have been celebrating the life of Neil Armstrong this week. Beth O'Leary, a member of the NMSU faculty has written about Neil, you may soon find in the Sun News.

Escaping the tyranny of any undesirable circumstance can be overcome with purposeful action. Almost without exception, the fiestas, celebrations and conferences have an eventual outcome of supporting a greater good. Conferences and symposia are ways for people to learn and share knowledge. In a university town, we are have many opportunities to learn and gain greater understanding. Similarly, fiestas and celebrations are gatherings around food, music and cultural exchange, which accomplish the same ends as conferences. We share knowledge and understanding.

For those of us in the space business, we are also in the pioneering business. Some of the motivation for escaping the bounds of earth comes from deep inside the human psyche. We know some day, if we don't kill ourselves off as a species, we will live off the planet. We are not ready yet, but we are gaining understanding.

Whether it is a football game, soccer, fiesta or conference, it is our coming together that is worth celebrating. I ask we all work on gratitude this season because we are able to gather in peace in this country.

Whether it is the upcoming Whole Enchilada Fiesta or the just completed celebrations surrounding the Sixteenth of September, these events have showcased our talents, products, and people. We share not only with each other but also with the people who traveled here to join us. Thousands of us are involved.

We are a nation of great promise whose future is dependent on the commitment of individuals to create and innovate. We are fortunate to have so many choices to come together and celebrate; there is so much promise just over our horizon.

Don Pettit, chemical engineer and astronaut, recently wrote an article while aboard the International Space Station. The article titled,"The tyranny of the rocket equation", was published in AdAstra magazine. The rocket equation looks simple - here it is.
Mf=1- e(-∆v/ve). But like space travel, it is complex. The equation captures the variables involved in how a rocket gets to space.

Rockets are what we use to get to space right now. Rockets are momentum machines. Burt Rutan, the designer of the system that will ferry passengers to space from Spaceport America, is working to help us lessen the tyranny of the rocket equation by using an aircraft to launch a spacecraft.

I am not an engineer. There is no other way to describe it but excitement when I see this simple equation. It helps me understand the beauty engineers see because they are viewing the world differently than I do. Don Pettit deeply understands how to get to space. Understanding, it is the beginning.

The love affair humans have with space travel is like a first crush. You love from afar. You may get close, but you are not ready for love. Moving from understanding to mastery requires knowledge and practice. The rocket equation for rocketeers was like giving a student who just got accepted into Julliard their first fabulous violin and bow. With the gift of the instrument, the journey gains momentum. The rocket equation clearly identified what it takes to move mass to space. You can Google the rocket equation for the description of the three variables captured in the equation.

Escaping the tyranny of a bad government takes a huge amounts of energy and momentum. When Mexico fought for its independence from Spain, everyone had to fight together. Rich and poor, Mexican, Indian, and Mesizos, they were all involved. The war went on for eleven years. Now, Mexican Independence Day is a day of celebration. Once Mexico escaped tyranny, they put their energy into building a great society and they moved on to solve the bigger problems of nationhood.

Solving the rocket equation was like Independence Day for rocketeers. They were able to move on and start building the vehicles that took us to the moon. We have been celebrating the life of Neil Armstrong this week. Beth O'Leary, a member of the NMSU faculty has written about Neil, you may soon find in the Sun News.

Escaping the tyranny of any undesirable circumstance can be overcome with purposeful action. Almost without exception, the fiestas, celebrations and conferences have an eventual outcome of supporting a greater good. Conferences and symposia are ways for people to learn and share knowledge. In a university town, we are have many opportunities to learn and gain greater understanding. Similarly, fiestas and celebrations are gatherings around food, music and cultural exchange, which accomplish the same ends as conferences. We share knowledge and understanding.

For those of us in the space business, we are also in the pioneering business. Some of the motivation for escaping the bounds of earth comes from deep inside the human psyche. We know some day, if we don't kill ourselves off as a species, we will live off the planet. We are not ready yet, but we are gaining understanding.

Whether it is a football game, soccer, fiesta or conference, it is our coming together that is worth celebrating. I ask we all work on gratitude this season because we are able to gather in peace in this country.

Whether it is the upcoming Whole Enchilada Fiesta or the just completed celebrations surrounding the Sixteenth of September, these events have showcased our talents, products, and people. We share not only with each other but also with the people who traveled here to join us. Thousands of us are involved.

We are a nation of great promise whose future is dependent on the commitment of individuals to create and innovate. We are fortunate to have so many choices to come together and celebrate; there is so much promise just over our horizon.

Don Pettit, chemical engineer and astronaut, recently wrote an article while aboard the International Space Station. The article titled,"The tyranny of the rocket equation", was published in AdAstra magazine. The rocket equation looks simple - here it is.
Mf=1- e(-∆v/ve). But like space travel, it is complex. The equation captures the variables involved in how a rocket gets to space.

Rockets are what we use to get to space right now. Rockets are momentum machines. Burt Rutan, the designer of the system that will ferry passengers to space from Spaceport America, is working to help us lessen the tyranny of the rocket equation by using an aircraft to launch a spacecraft.

I am not an engineer. There is no other way to describe it but excitement when I see this simple equation. It helps me understand the beauty engineers see because they are viewing the world differently than I do. Don Pettit deeply understands how to get to space. Understanding, it is the beginning.

The love affair humans have with space travel is like a first crush. You love from afar. You may get close, but you are not ready for love. Moving from understanding to mastery requires knowledge and practice. The rocket equation for rocketeers was like giving a student who just got accepted into Julliard their first fabulous violin and bow. With the gift of the instrument, the journey gains momentum. The rocket equation clearly identified what it takes to move mass to space. You can Google the rocket equation for the description of the three variables captured in the equation.

Escaping the tyranny of a bad government takes a huge amounts of energy and momentum. When Mexico fought for its independence from Spain, everyone had to fight together. Rich and poor, Mexican, Indian, and Mesizos, they were all involved. The war went on for eleven years. Now, Mexican Independence Day is a day of celebration. Once Mexico escaped tyranny, they put their energy into building a great society and they moved on to solve the bigger problems of nationhood.

Solving the rocket equation was like Independence Day for rocketeers. They were able to move on and start building the vehicles that took us to the moon. We have been celebrating the life of Neil Armstrong this week. Beth O'Leary, a member of the NMSU faculty has written about Neil, you may soon find in the Sun News.

Escaping the tyranny of any undesirable circumstance can be overcome with purposeful action. Almost without exception, the fiestas, celebrations and conferences have an eventual outcome of supporting a greater good. Conferences and symposia are ways for people to learn and share knowledge. In a university town, we are have many opportunities to learn and gain greater understanding. Similarly, fiestas and celebrations are gatherings around food, music and cultural exchange, which accomplish the same ends as conferences. We share knowledge and understanding.

For those of us in the space business, we are also in the pioneering business. Some of the motivation for escaping the bounds of earth comes from deep inside the human psyche. We know some day, if we don't kill ourselves off as a species, we will live off the planet. We are not ready yet, but we are gaining understanding.

Whether it is a football game, soccer, fiesta or conference, it is our coming together that is worth celebrating. I ask we all work on gratitude this season because we are able to gather in peace in this country.

Whether it is the upcoming Whole Enchilada Fiesta or the just completed celebrations surrounding the Sixteenth of September, these events have showcased our talents, products, and people. We share not only with each other but also with the people who traveled here to join us. Thousands of us are involved.

We are a nation of great promise whose future is dependent on the commitment of individuals to create and innovate. We are fortunate to have so many choices to come together and celebrate; there is so much promise just over our horizon.

Don Pettit, chemical engineer and astronaut, recently wrote an article while aboard the International Space Station. The article titled,"The tyranny of the rocket equation", was published in AdAstra magazine. The rocket equation looks simple - here it is.
Mf=1- e(-∆v/ve). But like space travel, it is complex. The equation captures the variables involved in how a rocket gets to space.

Rockets are what we use to get to space right now. Rockets are momentum machines. Burt Rutan, the designer of the system that will ferry passengers to space from Spaceport America, is working to help us lessen the tyranny of the rocket equation by using an aircraft to launch a spacecraft.

I am not an engineer. There is no other way to describe it but excitement when I see this simple equation. It helps me understand the beauty engineers see because they are viewing the world differently than I do. Don Pettit deeply understands how to get to space. Understanding, it is the beginning.

The love affair humans have with space travel is like a first crush. You love from afar. You may get close, but you are not ready for love. Moving from understanding to mastery requires knowledge and practice. The rocket equation for rocketeers was like giving a student who just got accepted into Julliard their first fabulous violin and bow. With the gift of the instrument, the journey gains momentum. The rocket equation clearly identified what it takes to move mass to space. You can Google the rocket equation for the description of the three variables captured in the equation.

Escaping the tyranny of a bad government takes a huge amounts of energy and momentum. When Mexico fought for its independence from Spain, everyone had to fight together. Rich and poor, Mexican, Indian, and Mesizos, they were all involved. The war went on for eleven years. Now, Mexican Independence Day is a day of celebration. Once Mexico escaped tyranny, they put their energy into building a great society and they moved on to solve the bigger problems of nationhood.

Solving the rocket equation was like Independence Day for rocketeers. They were able to move on and start building the vehicles that took us to the moon. We have been celebrating the life of Neil Armstrong this week. Beth O'Leary, a member of the NMSU faculty has written about Neil, you may soon find in the Sun News.

Escaping the tyranny of any undesirable circumstance can be overcome with purposeful action. Almost without exception, the fiestas, celebrations and conferences have an eventual outcome of supporting a greater good. Conferences and symposia are ways for people to learn and share knowledge. In a university town, we are have many opportunities to learn and gain greater understanding. Similarly, fiestas and celebrations are gatherings around food, music and cultural exchange, which accomplish the same ends as conferences. We share knowledge and understanding.

For those of us in the space business, we are also in the pioneering business. Some of the motivation for escaping the bounds of earth comes from deep inside the human psyche. We know some day, if we don't kill ourselves off as a species, we will live off the planet. We are not ready yet, but we are gaining understanding.

Whether it is a football game, soccer, fiesta or conference, it is our coming together that is worth celebrating. I ask we all work on gratitude this season because we are able to gather in peace in this country.

Whether it is the upcoming Whole Enchilada Fiesta or the just completed celebrations surrounding the Sixteenth of September, these events have showcased our talents, products, and people. We share not only with each other but also with the people who traveled here to join us. Thousands of us are involved.

We are a nation of great promise whose future is dependent on the commitment of individuals to create and innovate. We are fortunate to have so many choices to come together and celebrate; there is so much promise just over our horizon.

Don Pettit, chemical engineer and astronaut, recently wrote an article while aboard the International Space Station. The article titled,"The tyranny of the rocket equation", was published in AdAstra magazine. The rocket equation looks simple - here it is.
Mf=1- e(-∆v/ve). But like space travel, it is complex. The equation captures the variables involved in how a rocket gets to space.

Rockets are what we use to get to space right now. Rockets are momentum machines. Burt Rutan, the designer of the system that will ferry passengers to space from Spaceport America, is working to help us lessen the tyranny of the rocket equation by using an aircraft to launch a spacecraft.

I am not an engineer. There is no other way to describe it but excitement when I see this simple equation. It helps me understand the beauty engineers see because they are viewing the world differently than I do. Don Pettit deeply understands how to get to space. Understanding, it is the beginning.

The love affair humans have with space travel is like a first crush. You love from afar. You may get close, but you are not ready for love. Moving from understanding to mastery requires knowledge and practice. The rocket equation for rocketeers was like giving a student who just got accepted into Julliard their first fabulous violin and bow. With the gift of the instrument, the journey gains momentum. The rocket equation clearly identified what it takes to move mass to space. You can Google the rocket equation for the description of the three variables captured in the equation.

Escaping the tyranny of a bad government takes a huge amounts of energy and momentum. When Mexico fought for its independence from Spain, everyone had to fight together. Rich and poor, Mexican, Indian, and Mesizos, they were all involved. The war went on for eleven years. Now, Mexican Independence Day is a day of celebration. Once Mexico escaped tyranny, they put their energy into building a great society and they moved on to solve the bigger problems of nationhood.

Solving the rocket equation was like Independence Day for rocketeers. They were able to move on and start building the vehicles that took us to the moon. We have been celebrating the life of Neil Armstrong this week. Beth O'Leary, a member of the NMSU faculty has written about Neil, you may soon find in the Sun News.

Escaping the tyranny of any undesirable circumstance can be overcome with purposeful action. Almost without exception, the fiestas, celebrations and conferences have an eventual outcome of supporting a greater good. Conferences and symposia are ways for people to learn and share knowledge. In a university town, we are have many opportunities to learn and gain greater understanding. Similarly, fiestas and celebrations are gatherings around food, music and cultural exchange, which accomplish the same ends as conferences. We share knowledge and understanding.

For those of us in the space business, we are also in the pioneering business. Some of the motivation for escaping the bounds of earth comes from deep inside the human psyche. We know some day, if we don't kill ourselves off as a species, we will live off the planet. We are not ready yet, but we are gaining understanding.

Whether it is a football game, soccer, fiesta or conference, it is our coming together that is worth celebrating. I ask we all work on gratitude this season because we are able to gather in peace in this country.

Whether it is the upcoming Whole Enchilada Fiesta or the just completed celebrations surrounding the Sixteenth of September, these events have showcased our talents, products, and people. We share not only with each other but also with the people who traveled here to join us. Thousands of us are involved.

We are a nation of great promise whose future is dependent on the commitment of individuals to create and innovate. We are fortunate to have so many choices to come together and celebrate; there is so much promise just over our horizon.

Don Pettit, chemical engineer and astronaut, recently wrote an article while aboard the International Space Station. The article titled,"The tyranny of the rocket equation", was published in AdAstra magazine. The rocket equation looks simple - here it is.
Mf=1- e(-∆v/ve). But like space travel, it is complex. The equation captures the variables involved in how a rocket gets to space.

Rockets are what we use to get to space right now. Rockets are momentum machines. Burt Rutan, the designer of the system that will ferry passengers to space from Spaceport America, is working to help us lessen the tyranny of the rocket equation by using an aircraft to launch a spacecraft.

I am not an engineer. There is no other way to describe it but excitement when I see this simple equation. It helps me understand the beauty engineers see because they are viewing the world differently than I do. Don Pettit deeply understands how to get to space. Understanding, it is the beginning.

The love affair humans have with space travel is like a first crush. You love from afar. You may get close, but you are not ready for love. Moving from understanding to mastery requires knowledge and practice. The rocket equation for rocketeers was like giving a student who just got accepted into Julliard their first fabulous violin and bow. With the gift of the instrument, the journey gains momentum. The rocket equation clearly identified what it takes to move mass to space. You can Google the rocket equation for the description of the three variables captured in the equation.

Escaping the tyranny of a bad government takes a huge amounts of energy and momentum. When Mexico fought for its independence from Spain, everyone had to fight together. Rich and poor, Mexican, Indian, and Mesizos, they were all involved. The war went on for eleven years. Now, Mexican Independence Day is a day of celebration. Once Mexico escaped tyranny, they put their energy into building a great society and they moved on to solve the bigger problems of nationhood.

Solving the rocket equation was like Independence Day for rocketeers. They were able to move on and start building the vehicles that took us to the moon. We have been celebrating the life of Neil Armstrong this week. Beth O'Leary, a member of the NMSU faculty has written about Neil, you may soon find in the Sun News.

Escaping the tyranny of any undesirable circumstance can be overcome with purposeful action. Almost without exception, the fiestas, celebrations and conferences have an eventual outcome of supporting a greater good. Conferences and symposia are ways for people to learn and share knowledge. In a university town, we are have many opportunities to learn and gain greater understanding. Similarly, fiestas and celebrations are gatherings around food, music and cultural exchange, which accomplish the same ends as conferences. We share knowledge and understanding.

For those of us in the space business, we are also in the pioneering business. Some of the motivation for escaping the bounds of earth comes from deep inside the human psyche. We know some day, if we don't kill ourselves off as a species, we will live off the planet. We are not ready yet, but we are gaining understanding.

Whether it is a football game, soccer, fiesta or conference, it is our coming together that is worth celebrating. I ask we all work on gratitude this season because we are able to gather in peace in this country.

Whether it is the upcoming Whole Enchilada Fiesta or the just completed celebrations surrounding the Sixteenth of September, these events have showcased our talents, products, and people. We share not only with each other but also with the people who traveled here to join us. Thousands of us are involved.

We are a nation of great promise whose future is dependent on the commitment of individuals to create and innovate. We are fortunate to have so many choices to come together and celebrate; there is so much promise just over our horizon.

Don Pettit, chemical engineer and astronaut, recently wrote an article while aboard the International Space Station. The article titled,"The tyranny of the rocket equation", was published in AdAstra magazine. The rocket equation looks simple - here it is.
Mf=1- e(-∆v/ve). But like space travel, it is complex. The equation captures the variables involved in how a rocket gets to space.

Rockets are what we use to get to space right now. Rockets are momentum machines. Burt Rutan, the designer of the system that will ferry passengers to space from Spaceport America, is working to help us lessen the tyranny of the rocket equation by using an aircraft to launch a spacecraft.

I am not an engineer. There is no other way to describe it but excitement when I see this simple equation. It helps me understand the beauty engineers see because they are viewing the world differently than I do. Don Pettit deeply understands how to get to space. Understanding, it is the beginning.

The love affair humans have with space travel is like a first crush. You love from afar. You may get close, but you are not ready for love. Moving from understanding to mastery requires knowledge and practice. The rocket equation for rocketeers was like giving a student who just got accepted into Julliard their first fabulous violin and bow. With the gift of the instrument, the journey gains momentum. The rocket equation clearly identified what it takes to move mass to space. You can Google the rocket equation for the description of the three variables captured in the equation.

Escaping the tyranny of a bad government takes a huge amounts of energy and momentum. When Mexico fought for its independence from Spain, everyone had to fight together. Rich and poor, Mexican, Indian, and Mesizos, they were all involved. The war went on for eleven years. Now, Mexican Independence Day is a day of celebration. Once Mexico escaped tyranny, they put their energy into building a great society and they moved on to solve the bigger problems of nationhood.

Solving the rocket equation was like Independence Day for rocketeers. They were able to move on and start building the vehicles that took us to the moon. We have been celebrating the life of Neil Armstrong this week. Beth O'Leary, a member of the NMSU faculty has written about Neil, you may soon find in the Sun News.

Escaping the tyranny of any undesirable circumstance can be overcome with purposeful action. Almost without exception, the fiestas, celebrations and conferences have an eventual outcome of supporting a greater good. Conferences and symposia are ways for people to learn and share knowledge. In a university town, we are have many opportunities to learn and gain greater understanding. Similarly, fiestas and celebrations are gatherings around food, music and cultural exchange, which accomplish the same ends as conferences. We share knowledge and understanding.

For those of us in the space business, we are also in the pioneering business. Some of the motivation for escaping the bounds of earth comes from deep inside the human psyche. We know some day, if we don't kill ourselves off as a species, we will live off the planet. We are not ready yet, but we are gaining understanding.

Whether it is a football game, soccer, fiesta or conference, it is our coming together that is worth celebrating. I ask we all work on gratitude this season because we are able to gather in peace in this country.

Whether it is the upcoming Whole Enchilada Fiesta or the just completed celebrations surrounding the Sixteenth of September, these events have showcased our talents, products, and people. We share not only with each other but also with the people who traveled here to join us. Thousands of us are involved.

We are a nation of great promise whose future is dependent on the commitment of individuals to create and innovate. We are fortunate to have so many choices to come together and celebrate; there is so much promise just over our horizon.

Don Pettit, chemical engineer and astronaut, recently wrote an article while aboard the International Space Station. The article titled,"The tyranny of the rocket equation", was published in AdAstra magazine. The rocket equation looks simple - here it is.
Mf=1- e(-∆v/ve). But like space travel, it is complex. The equation captures the variables involved in how a rocket gets to space.

Rockets are what we use to get to space right now. Rockets are momentum machines. Burt Rutan, the designer of the system that will ferry passengers to space from Spaceport America, is working to help us lessen the tyranny of the rocket equation by using an aircraft to launch a spacecraft.

I am not an engineer. There is no other way to describe it but excitement when I see this simple equation. It helps me understand the beauty engineers see because they are viewing the world differently than I do. Don Pettit deeply understands how to get to space. Understanding, it is the beginning.

The love affair humans have with space travel is like a first crush. You love from afar. You may get close, but you are not ready for love. Moving from understanding to mastery requires knowledge and practice. The rocket equation for rocketeers was like giving a student who just got accepted into Julliard their first fabulous violin and bow. With the gift of the instrument, the journey gains momentum. The rocket equation clearly identified what it takes to move mass to space. You can Google the rocket equation for the description of the three variables captured in the equation.

Escaping the tyranny of a bad government takes a huge amounts of energy and momentum. When Mexico fought for its independence from Spain, everyone had to fight together. Rich and poor, Mexican, Indian, and Mesizos, they were all involved. The war went on for eleven years. Now, Mexican Independence Day is a day of celebration. Once Mexico escaped tyranny, they put their energy into building a great society and they moved on to solve the bigger problems of nationhood.

Solving the rocket equation was like Independence Day for rocketeers. They were able to move on and start building the vehicles that took us to the moon. We have been celebrating the life of Neil Armstrong this week. Beth O'Leary, a member of the NMSU faculty has written about Neil, you may soon find in the Sun News.

Escaping the tyranny of any undesirable circumstance can be overcome with purposeful action. Almost without exception, the fiestas, celebrations and conferences have an eventual outcome of supporting a greater good. Conferences and symposia are ways for people to learn and share knowledge. In a university town, we are have many opportunities to learn and gain greater understanding. Similarly, fiestas and celebrations are gatherings around food, music and cultural exchange, which accomplish the same ends as conferences. We share knowledge and understanding.

For those of us in the space business, we are also in the pioneering business. Some of the motivation for escaping the bounds of earth comes from deep inside the human psyche. We know some day, if we don't kill ourselves off as a species, we will live off the planet. We are not ready yet, but we are gaining understanding.

Whether it is a football game, soccer, fiesta or conference, it is our coming together that is worth celebrating. I ask we all work on gratitude this season because we are able to gather in peace in this country.

Whether it is the upcoming Whole Enchilada Fiesta or the just completed celebrations surrounding the Sixteenth of September, these events have showcased our talents, products, and people. We share not only with each other but also with the people who traveled here to join us. Thousands of us are involved.

We are a nation of great promise whose future is dependent on the commitment of individuals to create and innovate. We are fortunate to have so many choices to come together and celebrate; there is so much promise just over our horizon.

Don Pettit, chemical engineer and astronaut, recently wrote an article while aboard the International Space Station. The article titled,"The tyranny of the rocket equation", was published in AdAstra magazine. The rocket equation looks simple - here it is.
Mf=1- e(-∆v/ve). But like space travel, it is complex. The equation captures the variables involved in how a rocket gets to space.

Rockets are what we use to get to space right now. Rockets are momentum machines. Burt Rutan, the designer of the system that will ferry passengers to space from Spaceport America, is working to help us lessen the tyranny of the rocket equation by using an aircraft to launch a spacecraft.

I am not an engineer. There is no other way to describe it but excitement when I see this simple equation. It helps me understand the beauty engineers see because they are viewing the world differently than I do. Don Pettit deeply understands how to get to space. Understanding, it is the beginning.

The love affair humans have with space travel is like a first crush. You love from afar. You may get close, but you are not ready for love. Moving from understanding to mastery requires knowledge and practice. The rocket equation for rocketeers was like giving a student who just got accepted into Julliard their first fabulous violin and bow. With the gift of the instrument, the journey gains momentum. The rocket equation clearly identified what it takes to move mass to space. You can Google the rocket equation for the description of the three variables captured in the equation.

Escaping the tyranny of a bad government takes a huge amounts of energy and momentum. When Mexico fought for its independence from Spain, everyone had to fight together. Rich and poor, Mexican, Indian, and Mesizos, they were all involved. The war went on for eleven years. Now, Mexican Independence Day is a day of celebration. Once Mexico escaped tyranny, they put their energy into building a great society and they moved on to solve the bigger problems of nationhood.

Solving the rocket equation was like Independence Day for rocketeers. They were able to move on and start building the vehicles that took us to the moon. We have been celebrating the life of Neil Armstrong this week. Beth O'Leary, a member of the NMSU faculty has written about Neil, you may soon find in the Sun News.

Escaping the tyranny of any undesirable circumstance can be overcome with purposeful action. Almost without exception, the fiestas, celebrations and conferences have an eventual outcome of supporting a greater good. Conferences and symposia are ways for people to learn and share knowledge. In a university town, we are have many opportunities to learn and gain greater understanding. Similarly, fiestas and celebrations are gatherings around food, music and cultural exchange, which accomplish the same ends as conferences. We share knowledge and understanding.

For those of us in the space business, we are also in the pioneering business. Some of the motivation for escaping the bounds of earth comes from deep inside the human psyche. We know some day, if we don't kill ourselves off as a species, we will live off the planet. We are not ready yet, but we are gaining understanding.

Whether it is a football game, soccer, fiesta or conference, it is our coming together that is worth celebrating. I ask we all work on gratitude this season because we are able to gather in peace in this country.

A manned moon landing required not only a highly reliable rocket in the Saturn 5, but also accurate guidance, navigation and control technologies that had been tested during the ICBM program evolution. Intercontinental ballistic missiles, or ICBMs, had to be accurate, especially since they carried nuclear war heads. And to state the obvious, if you're going to the moon, it is important to hit the target. Len Sugerman was one of the researchers who helped develop the space based guidance, navigation and control systems, and the related GPS satellite system. They not only reduced risk in the space programs, but also improved reliability of shipping and air transportation. He also understood the importance of civilian spaceflight capability for New Mexico and our national economy.

Recently General Kehler, commander U.S. Strategic Command, said evolving national security solutions requires we all keep in mind an economically secure nation is a nation far more likely to remain secure. The United States has a long history of using government investment in technologies and returning those investments over to the private sector.

We are evolving the next transportation industry in our backyard at Spaceport America. Allowing this industry to move forward is our choice. We have learned, as people who enjoy travel, we want safe, reliable transportation. The Federal Aviation Administration regulates air and space transportation. It regulates the conditions under which they will allow airlines to carry passengers. As commercial space transportation technologies evolve the FAA will evolve safety standards. The traveling public will want reliability and safety in our space vehicles and systems. Len was a master of timing as a negotiator, a navigator indeed. He knew how to visualize the target, and reach it, even if it was legislation.

Our legislators and members of industry must work together to evolve the requisite technologies and regulations needed to achieve common carriage requirements for space travel as they did for airline travel. It is best for our state to work with industry and evolve together what reasonable agree is safe and reliable transportation along with a viable economy. Neil Armstrong suggested our government was well advised to continue its space exploration mission, if we don't others will step in. This is a moment of opportunity. While not the first state to pass informed consent legislation, as Colorado, Florida and Virginia are among those who have passed this legislation, New Mexico, with our long history of leadership in space research and development certainly does not want to let this moment pass us by.

Each of us who drives a car knows there is some risk when we get behind the wheel. Over the years, car manufacturers evolved safety systems including air bag and seat belts, highways have evolved safer barrier and lighting systems. We kept commerce flowing, car manufacturers and car dealers in business and gasoline refineries evolving. We have come to understand it is for the good of all we evolve safety standards, and we abide by them to keep our communities safe and economies growing.

It is election season. We can elect public officials who negotiate reasonable protections for us. We live in a representative democracy, and, we live in a free market economy. I expect my legislators to consider I am able to distinguish reasonable risk. I take it every time I vote, drive or fly.

A manned moon landing required not only a highly reliable rocket in the Saturn 5, but also accurate guidance, navigation and control technologies that had been tested during the ICBM program evolution. Intercontinental ballistic missiles, or ICBMs, had to be accurate, especially since they carried nuclear war heads. And to state the obvious, if you're going to the moon, it is important to hit the target. Len Sugerman was one of the researchers who helped develop the space based guidance, navigation and control systems, and the related GPS satellite system. They not only reduced risk in the space programs, but also improved reliability of shipping and air transportation. He also understood the importance of civilian spaceflight capability for New Mexico and our national economy.

Recently General Kehler, commander U.S. Strategic Command, said evolving national security solutions requires we all keep in mind an economically secure nation is a nation far more likely to remain secure. The United States has a long history of using government investment in technologies and returning those investments over to the private sector.

We are evolving the next transportation industry in our backyard at Spaceport America. Allowing this industry to move forward is our choice. We have learned, as people who enjoy travel, we want safe, reliable transportation. The Federal Aviation Administration regulates air and space transportation. It regulates the conditions under which they will allow airlines to carry passengers. As commercial space transportation technologies evolve the FAA will evolve safety standards. The traveling public will want reliability and safety in our space vehicles and systems. Len was a master of timing as a negotiator, a navigator indeed. He knew how to visualize the target, and reach it, even if it was legislation.

Our legislators and members of industry must work together to evolve the requisite technologies and regulations needed to achieve common carriage requirements for space travel as they did for airline travel. It is best for our state to work with industry and evolve together what reasonable agree is safe and reliable transportation along with a viable economy. Neil Armstrong suggested our government was well advised to continue its space exploration mission, if we don't others will step in. This is a moment of opportunity. While not the first state to pass informed consent legislation, as Colorado, Florida and Virginia are among those who have passed this legislation, New Mexico, with our long history of leadership in space research and development certainly does not want to let this moment pass us by.

Each of us who drives a car knows there is some risk when we get behind the wheel. Over the years, car manufacturers evolved safety systems including air bag and seat belts, highways have evolved safer barrier and lighting systems. We kept commerce flowing, car manufacturers and car dealers in business and gasoline refineries evolving. We have come to understand it is for the good of all we evolve safety standards, and we abide by them to keep our communities safe and economies growing.

It is election season. We can elect public officials who negotiate reasonable protections for us. We live in a representative democracy, and, we live in a free market economy. I expect my legislators to consider I am able to distinguish reasonable risk. I take it every time I vote, drive or fly.

A manned moon landing required not only a highly reliable rocket in the Saturn 5, but also accurate guidance, navigation and control technologies that had been tested during the ICBM program evolution. Intercontinental ballistic missiles, or ICBMs, had to be accurate, especially since they carried nuclear war heads. And to state the obvious, if you're going to the moon, it is important to hit the target. Len Sugerman was one of the researchers who helped develop the space based guidance, navigation and control systems, and the related GPS satellite system. They not only reduced risk in the space programs, but also improved reliability of shipping and air transportation. He also understood the importance of civilian spaceflight capability for New Mexico and our national economy.

Recently General Kehler, commander U.S. Strategic Command, said evolving national security solutions requires we all keep in mind an economically secure nation is a nation far more likely to remain secure. The United States has a long history of using government investment in technologies and returning those investments over to the private sector.

We are evolving the next transportation industry in our backyard at Spaceport America. Allowing this industry to move forward is our choice. We have learned, as people who enjoy travel, we want safe, reliable transportation. The Federal Aviation Administration regulates air and space transportation. It regulates the conditions under which they will allow airlines to carry passengers. As commercial space transportation technologies evolve the FAA will evolve safety standards. The traveling public will want reliability and safety in our space vehicles and systems. Len was a master of timing as a negotiator, a navigator indeed. He knew how to visualize the target, and reach it, even if it was legislation.

Our legislators and members of industry must work together to evolve the requisite technologies and regulations needed to achieve common carriage requirements for space travel as they did for airline travel. It is best for our state to work with industry and evolve together what reasonable agree is safe and reliable transportation along with a viable economy. Neil Armstrong suggested our government was well advised to continue its space exploration mission, if we don't others will step in. This is a moment of opportunity. While not the first state to pass informed consent legislation, as Colorado, Florida and Virginia are among those who have passed this legislation, New Mexico, with our long history of leadership in space research and development certainly does not want to let this moment pass us by.

Each of us who drives a car knows there is some risk when we get behind the wheel. Over the years, car manufacturers evolved safety systems including air bag and seat belts, highways have evolved safer barrier and lighting systems. We kept commerce flowing, car manufacturers and car dealers in business and gasoline refineries evolving. We have come to understand it is for the good of all we evolve safety standards, and we abide by them to keep our communities safe and economies growing.

It is election season. We can elect public officials who negotiate reasonable protections for us. We live in a representative democracy, and, we live in a free market economy. I expect my legislators to consider I am able to distinguish reasonable risk. I take it every time I vote, drive or fly.

A manned moon landing required not only a highly reliable rocket in the Saturn 5, but also accurate guidance, navigation and control technologies that had been tested during the ICBM program evolution. Intercontinental ballistic missiles, or ICBMs, had to be accurate, especially since they carried nuclear war heads. And to state the obvious, if you're going to the moon, it is important to hit the target. Len Sugerman was one of the researchers who helped develop the space based guidance, navigation and control systems, and the related GPS satellite system. They not only reduced risk in the space programs, but also improved reliability of shipping and air transportation. He also understood the importance of civilian spaceflight capability for New Mexico and our national economy.

Recently General Kehler, commander U.S. Strategic Command, said evolving national security solutions requires we all keep in mind an economically secure nation is a nation far more likely to remain secure. The United States has a long history of using government investment in technologies and returning those investments over to the private sector.

We are evolving the next transportation industry in our backyard at Spaceport America. Allowing this industry to move forward is our choice. We have learned, as people who enjoy travel, we want safe, reliable transportation. The Federal Aviation Administration regulates air and space transportation. It regulates the conditions under which they will allow airlines to carry passengers. As commercial space transportation technologies evolve the FAA will evolve safety standards. The traveling public will want reliability and safety in our space vehicles and systems. Len was a master of timing as a negotiator, a navigator indeed. He knew how to visualize the target, and reach it, even if it was legislation.

Our legislators and members of industry must work together to evolve the requisite technologies and regulations needed to achieve common carriage requirements for space travel as they did for airline travel. It is best for our state to work with industry and evolve together what reasonable agree is safe and reliable transportation along with a viable economy. Neil Armstrong suggested our government was well advised to continue its space exploration mission, if we don't others will step in. This is a moment of opportunity. While not the first state to pass informed consent legislation, as Colorado, Florida and Virginia are among those who have passed this legislation, New Mexico, with our long history of leadership in space research and development certainly does not want to let this moment pass us by.

Each of us who drives a car knows there is some risk when we get behind the wheel. Over the years, car manufacturers evolved safety systems including air bag and seat belts, highways have evolved safer barrier and lighting systems. We kept commerce flowing, car manufacturers and car dealers in business and gasoline refineries evolving. We have come to understand it is for the good of all we evolve safety standards, and we abide by them to keep our communities safe and economies growing.

It is election season. We can elect public officials who negotiate reasonable protections for us. We live in a representative democracy, and, we live in a free market economy. I expect my legislators to consider I am able to distinguish reasonable risk. I take it every time I vote, drive or fly.

A manned moon landing required not only a highly reliable rocket in the Saturn 5, but also accurate guidance, navigation and control technologies that had been tested during the ICBM program evolution. Intercontinental ballistic missiles, or ICBMs, had to be accurate, especially since they carried nuclear war heads. And to state the obvious, if you're going to the moon, it is important to hit the target. Len Sugerman was one of the researchers who helped develop the space based guidance, navigation and control systems, and the related GPS satellite system. They not only reduced risk in the space programs, but also improved reliability of shipping and air transportation. He also understood the importance of civilian spaceflight capability for New Mexico and our national economy.

Recently General Kehler, commander U.S. Strategic Command, said evolving national security solutions requires we all keep in mind an economically secure nation is a nation far more likely to remain secure. The United States has a long history of using government investment in technologies and returning those investments over to the private sector.

We are evolving the next transportation industry in our backyard at Spaceport America. Allowing this industry to move forward is our choice. We have learned, as people who enjoy travel, we want safe, reliable transportation. The Federal Aviation Administration regulates air and space transportation. It regulates the conditions under which they will allow airlines to carry passengers. As commercial space transportation technologies evolve the FAA will evolve safety standards. The traveling public will want reliability and safety in our space vehicles and systems. Len was a master of timing as a negotiator, a navigator indeed. He knew how to visualize the target, and reach it, even if it was legislation.

Our legislators and members of industry must work together to evolve the requisite technologies and regulations needed to achieve common carriage requirements for space travel as they did for airline travel. It is best for our state to work with industry and evolve together what reasonable agree is safe and reliable transportation along with a viable economy. Neil Armstrong suggested our government was well advised to continue its space exploration mission, if we don't others will step in. This is a moment of opportunity. While not the first state to pass informed consent legislation, as Colorado, Florida and Virginia are among those who have passed this legislation, New Mexico, with our long history of leadership in space research and development certainly does not want to let this moment pass us by.

Each of us who drives a car knows there is some risk when we get behind the wheel. Over the years, car manufacturers evolved safety systems including air bag and seat belts, highways have evolved safer barrier and lighting systems. We kept commerce flowing, car manufacturers and car dealers in business and gasoline refineries evolving. We have come to understand it is for the good of all we evolve safety standards, and we abide by them to keep our communities safe and economies growing.

It is election season. We can elect public officials who negotiate reasonable protections for us. We live in a representative democracy, and, we live in a free market economy. I expect my legislators to consider I am able to distinguish reasonable risk. I take it every time I vote, drive or fly.

A manned moon landing required not only a highly reliable rocket in the Saturn 5, but also accurate guidance, navigation and control technologies that had been tested during the ICBM program evolution. Intercontinental ballistic missiles, or ICBMs, had to be accurate, especially since they carried nuclear war heads. And to state the obvious, if you're going to the moon, it is important to hit the target. Len Sugerman was one of the researchers who helped develop the space based guidance, navigation and control systems, and the related GPS satellite system. They not only reduced risk in the space programs, but also improved reliability of shipping and air transportation. He also understood the importance of civilian spaceflight capability for New Mexico and our national economy.

Recently General Kehler, commander U.S. Strategic Command, said evolving national security solutions requires we all keep in mind an economically secure nation is a nation far more likely to remain secure. The United States has a long history of using government investment in technologies and returning those investments over to the private sector.

We are evolving the next transportation industry in our backyard at Spaceport America. Allowing this industry to move forward is our choice. We have learned, as people who enjoy travel, we want safe, reliable transportation. The Federal Aviation Administration regulates air and space transportation. It regulates the conditions under which they will allow airlines to carry passengers. As commercial space transportation technologies evolve the FAA will evolve safety standards. The traveling public will want reliability and safety in our space vehicles and systems. Len was a master of timing as a negotiator, a navigator indeed. He knew how to visualize the target, and reach it, even if it was legislation.

Our legislators and members of industry must work together to evolve the requisite technologies and regulations needed to achieve common carriage requirements for space travel as they did for airline travel. It is best for our state to work with industry and evolve together what reasonable agree is safe and reliable transportation along with a viable economy. Neil Armstrong suggested our government was well advised to continue its space exploration mission, if we don't others will step in. This is a moment of opportunity. While not the first state to pass informed consent legislation, as Colorado, Florida and Virginia are among those who have passed this legislation, New Mexico, with our long history of leadership in space research and development certainly does not want to let this moment pass us by.

Each of us who drives a car knows there is some risk when we get behind the wheel. Over the years, car manufacturers evolved safety systems including air bag and seat belts, highways have evolved safer barrier and lighting systems. We kept commerce flowing, car manufacturers and car dealers in business and gasoline refineries evolving. We have come to understand it is for the good of all we evolve safety standards, and we abide by them to keep our communities safe and economies growing.

It is election season. We can elect public officials who negotiate reasonable protections for us. We live in a representative democracy, and, we live in a free market economy. I expect my legislators to consider I am able to distinguish reasonable risk. I take it every time I vote, drive or fly.

A manned moon landing required not only a highly reliable rocket in the Saturn 5, but also accurate guidance, navigation and control technologies that had been tested during the ICBM program evolution. Intercontinental ballistic missiles, or ICBMs, had to be accurate, especially since they carried nuclear war heads. And to state the obvious, if you're going to the moon, it is important to hit the target. Len Sugerman was one of the researchers who helped develop the space based guidance, navigation and control systems, and the related GPS satellite system. They not only reduced risk in the space programs, but also improved reliability of shipping and air transportation. He also understood the importance of civilian spaceflight capability for New Mexico and our national economy.

Recently General Kehler, commander U.S. Strategic Command, said evolving national security solutions requires we all keep in mind an economically secure nation is a nation far more likely to remain secure. The United States has a long history of using government investment in technologies and returning those investments over to the private sector.

We are evolving the next transportation industry in our backyard at Spaceport America. Allowing this industry to move forward is our choice. We have learned, as people who enjoy travel, we want safe, reliable transportation. The Federal Aviation Administration regulates air and space transportation. It regulates the conditions under which they will allow airlines to carry passengers. As commercial space transportation technologies evolve the FAA will evolve safety standards. The traveling public will want reliability and safety in our space vehicles and systems. Len was a master of timing as a negotiator, a navigator indeed. He knew how to visualize the target, and reach it, even if it was legislation.

Our legislators and members of industry must work together to evolve the requisite technologies and regulations needed to achieve common carriage requirements for space travel as they did for airline travel. It is best for our state to work with industry and evolve together what reasonable agree is safe and reliable transportation along with a viable economy. Neil Armstrong suggested our government was well advised to continue its space exploration mission, if we don't others will step in. This is a moment of opportunity. While not the first state to pass informed consent legislation, as Colorado, Florida and Virginia are among those who have passed this legislation, New Mexico, with our long history of leadership in space research and development certainly does not want to let this moment pass us by.

Each of us who drives a car knows there is some risk when we get behind the wheel. Over the years, car manufacturers evolved safety systems including air bag and seat belts, highways have evolved safer barrier and lighting systems. We kept commerce flowing, car manufacturers and car dealers in business and gasoline refineries evolving. We have come to understand it is for the good of all we evolve safety standards, and we abide by them to keep our communities safe and economies growing.

It is election season. We can elect public officials who negotiate reasonable protections for us. We live in a representative democracy, and, we live in a free market economy. I expect my legislators to consider I am able to distinguish reasonable risk. I take it every time I vote, drive or fly.

A manned moon landing required not only a highly reliable rocket in the Saturn 5, but also accurate guidance, navigation and control technologies that had been tested during the ICBM program evolution. Intercontinental ballistic missiles, or ICBMs, had to be accurate, especially since they carried nuclear war heads. And to state the obvious, if you're going to the moon, it is important to hit the target. Len Sugerman was one of the researchers who helped develop the space based guidance, navigation and control systems, and the related GPS satellite system. They not only reduced risk in the space programs, but also improved reliability of shipping and air transportation. He also understood the importance of civilian spaceflight capability for New Mexico and our national economy.

Recently General Kehler, commander U.S. Strategic Command, said evolving national security solutions requires we all keep in mind an economically secure nation is a nation far more likely to remain secure. The United States has a long history of using government investment in technologies and returning those investments over to the private sector.

We are evolving the next transportation industry in our backyard at Spaceport America. Allowing this industry to move forward is our choice. We have learned, as people who enjoy travel, we want safe, reliable transportation. The Federal Aviation Administration regulates air and space transportation. It regulates the conditions under which they will allow airlines to carry passengers. As commercial space transportation technologies evolve the FAA will evolve safety standards. The traveling public will want reliability and safety in our space vehicles and systems. Len was a master of timing as a negotiator, a navigator indeed. He knew how to visualize the target, and reach it, even if it was legislation.

Our legislators and members of industry must work together to evolve the requisite technologies and regulations needed to achieve common carriage requirements for space travel as they did for airline travel. It is best for our state to work with industry and evolve together what reasonable agree is safe and reliable transportation along with a viable economy. Neil Armstrong suggested our government was well advised to continue its space exploration mission, if we don't others will step in. This is a moment of opportunity. While not the first state to pass informed consent legislation, as Colorado, Florida and Virginia are among those who have passed this legislation, New Mexico, with our long history of leadership in space research and development certainly does not want to let this moment pass us by.

Each of us who drives a car knows there is some risk when we get behind the wheel. Over the years, car manufacturers evolved safety systems including air bag and seat belts, highways have evolved safer barrier and lighting systems. We kept commerce flowing, car manufacturers and car dealers in business and gasoline refineries evolving. We have come to understand it is for the good of all we evolve safety standards, and we abide by them to keep our communities safe and economies growing.

It is election season. We can elect public officials who negotiate reasonable protections for us. We live in a representative democracy, and, we live in a free market economy. I expect my legislators to consider I am able to distinguish reasonable risk. I take it every time I vote, drive or fly.

A manned moon landing required not only a highly reliable rocket in the Saturn 5, but also accurate guidance, navigation and control technologies that had been tested during the ICBM program evolution. Intercontinental ballistic missiles, or ICBMs, had to be accurate, especially since they carried nuclear war heads. And to state the obvious, if you're going to the moon, it is important to hit the target. Len Sugerman was one of the researchers who helped develop the space based guidance, navigation and control systems, and the related GPS satellite system. They not only reduced risk in the space programs, but also improved reliability of shipping and air transportation. He also understood the importance of civilian spaceflight capability for New Mexico and our national economy.

Recently General Kehler, commander U.S. Strategic Command, said evolving national security solutions requires we all keep in mind an economically secure nation is a nation far more likely to remain secure. The United States has a long history of using government investment in technologies and returning those investments over to the private sector.

We are evolving the next transportation industry in our backyard at Spaceport America. Allowing this industry to move forward is our choice. We have learned, as people who enjoy travel, we want safe, reliable transportation. The Federal Aviation Administration regulates air and space transportation. It regulates the conditions under which they will allow airlines to carry passengers. As commercial space transportation technologies evolve the FAA will evolve safety standards. The traveling public will want reliability and safety in our space vehicles and systems. Len was a master of timing as a negotiator, a navigator indeed. He knew how to visualize the target, and reach it, even if it was legislation.

Our legislators and members of industry must work together to evolve the requisite technologies and regulations needed to achieve common carriage requirements for space travel as they did for airline travel. It is best for our state to work with industry and evolve together what reasonable agree is safe and reliable transportation along with a viable economy. Neil Armstrong suggested our government was well advised to continue its space exploration mission, if we don't others will step in. This is a moment of opportunity. While not the first state to pass informed consent legislation, as Colorado, Florida and Virginia are among those who have passed this legislation, New Mexico, with our long history of leadership in space research and development certainly does not want to let this moment pass us by.

Each of us who drives a car knows there is some risk when we get behind the wheel. Over the years, car manufacturers evolved safety systems including air bag and seat belts, highways have evolved safer barrier and lighting systems. We kept commerce flowing, car manufacturers and car dealers in business and gasoline refineries evolving. We have come to understand it is for the good of all we evolve safety standards, and we abide by them to keep our communities safe and economies growing.

It is election season. We can elect public officials who negotiate reasonable protections for us. We live in a representative democracy, and, we live in a free market economy. I expect my legislators to consider I am able to distinguish reasonable risk. I take it every time I vote, drive or fly.

A manned moon landing required not only a highly reliable rocket in the Saturn 5, but also accurate guidance, navigation and control technologies that had been tested during the ICBM program evolution. Intercontinental ballistic missiles, or ICBMs, had to be accurate, especially since they carried nuclear war heads. And to state the obvious, if you're going to the moon, it is important to hit the target. Len Sugerman was one of the researchers who helped develop the space based guidance, navigation and control systems, and the related GPS satellite system. They not only reduced risk in the space programs, but also improved reliability of shipping and air transportation. He also understood the importance of civilian spaceflight capability for New Mexico and our national economy.

Recently General Kehler, commander U.S. Strategic Command, said evolving national security solutions requires we all keep in mind an economically secure nation is a nation far more likely to remain secure. The United States has a long history of using government investment in technologies and returning those investments over to the private sector.

We are evolving the next transportation industry in our backyard at Spaceport America. Allowing this industry to move forward is our choice. We have learned, as people who enjoy travel, we want safe, reliable transportation. The Federal Aviation Administration regulates air and space transportation. It regulates the conditions under which they will allow airlines to carry passengers. As commercial space transportation technologies evolve the FAA will evolve safety standards. The traveling public will want reliability and safety in our space vehicles and systems. Len was a master of timing as a negotiator, a navigator indeed. He knew how to visualize the target, and reach it, even if it was legislation.

Our legislators and members of industry must work together to evolve the requisite technologies and regulations needed to achieve common carriage requirements for space travel as they did for airline travel. It is best for our state to work with industry and evolve together what reasonable agree is safe and reliable transportation along with a viable economy. Neil Armstrong suggested our government was well advised to continue its space exploration mission, if we don't others will step in. This is a moment of opportunity. While not the first state to pass informed consent legislation, as Colorado, Florida and Virginia are among those who have passed this legislation, New Mexico, with our long history of leadership in space research and development certainly does not want to let this moment pass us by.

Each of us who drives a car knows there is some risk when we get behind the wheel. Over the years, car manufacturers evolved safety systems including air bag and seat belts, highways have evolved safer barrier and lighting systems. We kept commerce flowing, car manufacturers and car dealers in business and gasoline refineries evolving. We have come to understand it is for the good of all we evolve safety standards, and we abide by them to keep our communities safe and economies growing.

It is election season. We can elect public officials who negotiate reasonable protections for us. We live in a representative democracy, and, we live in a free market economy. I expect my legislators to consider I am able to distinguish reasonable risk. I take it every time I vote, drive or fly.

My last article covered the recently successful Mars Science Laboratory Mission (MSL) and the landing of the Curiosity Rover. That story was such an affirmation of determination I could not resist putting it in perspective relative to Olympian achievements. Yet, there was another story that occurred 2 days prior to the MSL success. It was the selection by NASA of the 3 companies who will compete to carry US astronauts to and return astronauts from the International Space Station under the Commercial Crew Integrated Capabilities (CCiCAP) Program. Boeing Space Exploration, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Sierra Nevada Corporation were the funded winners, receiving $460 million, $440 million and $212.5 million respectively.

Ok, I realize I just hit my limit on acronyms. CCiCAP is a 21 month long program that will require the selected companies to design their launch vehicles, and spacecraft for humans and integrate both into a system. The STS or Shuttle Transportation System was made up of the launch vehicle and the orbiter. The launch vehicle's job is to get the Orbiter or spacecraft going fast and high enough to reach orbital speed.

Picture the ball in a game of Roulette. If the Roulette table were in space in the absence of the earth's gravity, and the croupier spun the ball onto the table, the forward momentum of the ball would propel it around the table until friction with the table made it stop and drop into a numbered slot. Granted the table would be made to keep the ball confined, but this would be one long game of Roulette waiting for the ball to stop. The croupier is the one who applied the initial force to put the ball in motion. That's what the launch vehicle does. It puts the spacecraft in motion. Once the Orbiter or spacecraft reaches a pre-determined velocity, the launch vehicle drops back to earth, while the Orbiter's momentum carries it to its orbital destination.

When Congress told NASA to start developing a Shuttle replacement they determined it was best to have private industry invest along with the government and build the vehicles to bring cargo and humans to space. This would help stimulate private commercial space transportation.

The partnership these companies have with the government is simple. NASA only pays them when they achieve the milestones they set for themselves. If they develop capability that NASA does not need or require, the company pays for that development on its own. One more refresher bit of data, NASA spent an average of $1.6 billion dollars every time it launched the Shuttle. This recent award to three companies totals just over $1.1billion. While Congress was a bit stubborn at times, the program has been successful. Boeing's space capsule the Commercial Space Transportation dubbed CST 100 has 24 small engines. They were recently tested at White Sands. These programs have created jobs, and savings to our space program.

Remember your Dish TV is satellite TV, your GPS devices and Satellite Radio are all satellite based services for consumers. No launch vehicles, no services. Congress is supporting the concept that it will buy launch services just like Direct TV buys launch services. Direct TV does not own and operate the launch vehicles; they just buy a ride when they need it. That's where this recent announcement is headed. NASA is helping the 3 companies develop launch vehicles and spacecraft so we can send and return our astronauts to space.

The difficult process of weaning NASA out of the business of owning and operating vehicles that take cargo and humans to space has been hard. The government is like a parent in the space industry, they are letting go but its hard. The three companies who have been chosen are American companies, and they employ thousands of Americans. And as in New Mexico, both Republicans and Democrats can take their fair share of credit for these successful programs.

My last article covered the recently successful Mars Science Laboratory Mission (MSL) and the landing of the Curiosity Rover. That story was such an affirmation of determination I could not resist putting it in perspective relative to Olympian achievements. Yet, there was another story that occurred 2 days prior to the MSL success. It was the selection by NASA of the 3 companies who will compete to carry US astronauts to and return astronauts from the International Space Station under the Commercial Crew Integrated Capabilities (CCiCAP) Program. Boeing Space Exploration, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Sierra Nevada Corporation were the funded winners, receiving $460 million, $440 million and $212.5 million respectively.

Ok, I realize I just hit my limit on acronyms. CCiCAP is a 21 month long program that will require the selected companies to design their launch vehicles, and spacecraft for humans and integrate both into a system. The STS or Shuttle Transportation System was made up of the launch vehicle and the orbiter. The launch vehicle's job is to get the Orbiter or spacecraft going fast and high enough to reach orbital speed.

Picture the ball in a game of Roulette. If the Roulette table were in space in the absence of the earth's gravity, and the croupier spun the ball onto the table, the forward momentum of the ball would propel it around the table until friction with the table made it stop and drop into a numbered slot. Granted the table would be made to keep the ball confined, but this would be one long game of Roulette waiting for the ball to stop. The croupier is the one who applied the initial force to put the ball in motion. That's what the launch vehicle does. It puts the spacecraft in motion. Once the Orbiter or spacecraft reaches a pre-determined velocity, the launch vehicle drops back to earth, while the Orbiter's momentum carries it to its orbital destination.

When Congress told NASA to start developing a Shuttle replacement they determined it was best to have private industry invest along with the government and build the vehicles to bring cargo and humans to space. This would help stimulate private commercial space transportation.

The partnership these companies have with the government is simple. NASA only pays them when they achieve the milestones they set for themselves. If they develop capability that NASA does not need or require, the company pays for that development on its own. One more refresher bit of data, NASA spent an average of $1.6 billion dollars every time it launched the Shuttle. This recent award to three companies totals just over $1.1billion. While Congress was a bit stubborn at times, the program has been successful. Boeing's space capsule the Commercial Space Transportation dubbed CST 100 has 24 small engines. They were recently tested at White Sands. These programs have created jobs, and savings to our space program.

Remember your Dish TV is satellite TV, your GPS devices and Satellite Radio are all satellite based services for consumers. No launch vehicles, no services. Congress is supporting the concept that it will buy launch services just like Direct TV buys launch services. Direct TV does not own and operate the launch vehicles; they just buy a ride when they need it. That's where this recent announcement is headed. NASA is helping the 3 companies develop launch vehicles and spacecraft so we can send and return our astronauts to space.

The difficult process of weaning NASA out of the business of owning and operating vehicles that take cargo and humans to space has been hard. The government is like a parent in the space industry, they are letting go but its hard. The three companies who have been chosen are American companies, and they employ thousands of Americans. And as in New Mexico, both Republicans and Democrats can take their fair share of credit for these successful programs.

My last article covered the recently successful Mars Science Laboratory Mission (MSL) and the landing of the Curiosity Rover. That story was such an affirmation of determination I could not resist putting it in perspective relative to Olympian achievements. Yet, there was another story that occurred 2 days prior to the MSL success. It was the selection by NASA of the 3 companies who will compete to carry US astronauts to and return astronauts from the International Space Station under the Commercial Crew Integrated Capabilities (CCiCAP) Program. Boeing Space Exploration, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Sierra Nevada Corporation were the funded winners, receiving $460 million, $440 million and $212.5 million respectively.

Ok, I realize I just hit my limit on acronyms. CCiCAP is a 21 month long program that will require the selected companies to design their launch vehicles, and spacecraft for humans and integrate both into a system. The STS or Shuttle Transportation System was made up of the launch vehicle and the orbiter. The launch vehicle's job is to get the Orbiter or spacecraft going fast and high enough to reach orbital speed.

Picture the ball in a game of Roulette. If the Roulette table were in space in the absence of the earth's gravity, and the croupier spun the ball onto the table, the forward momentum of the ball would propel it around the table until friction with the table made it stop and drop into a numbered slot. Granted the table would be made to keep the ball confined, but this would be one long game of Roulette waiting for the ball to stop. The croupier is the one who applied the initial force to put the ball in motion. That's what the launch vehicle does. It puts the spacecraft in motion. Once the Orbiter or spacecraft reaches a pre-determined velocity, the launch vehicle drops back to earth, while the Orbiter's momentum carries it to its orbital destination.

When Congress told NASA to start developing a Shuttle replacement they determined it was best to have private industry invest along with the government and build the vehicles to bring cargo and humans to space. This would help stimulate private commercial space transportation.

The partnership these companies have with the government is simple. NASA only pays them when they achieve the milestones they set for themselves. If they develop capability that NASA does not need or require, the company pays for that development on its own. One more refresher bit of data, NASA spent an average of $1.6 billion dollars every time it launched the Shuttle. This recent award to three companies totals just over $1.1billion. While Congress was a bit stubborn at times, the program has been successful. Boeing's space capsule the Commercial Space Transportation dubbed CST 100 has 24 small engines. They were recently tested at White Sands. These programs have created jobs, and savings to our space program.

Remember your Dish TV is satellite TV, your GPS devices and Satellite Radio are all satellite based services for consumers. No launch vehicles, no services. Congress is supporting the concept that it will buy launch services just like Direct TV buys launch services. Direct TV does not own and operate the launch vehicles; they just buy a ride when they need it. That's where this recent announcement is headed. NASA is helping the 3 companies develop launch vehicles and spacecraft so we can send and return our astronauts to space.

The difficult process of weaning NASA out of the business of owning and operating vehicles that take cargo and humans to space has been hard. The government is like a parent in the space industry, they are letting go but its hard. The three companies who have been chosen are American companies, and they employ thousands of Americans. And as in New Mexico, both Republicans and Democrats can take their fair share of credit for these successful programs.

Through New Mexico Space Grant, I have funded over a hundred students to travel with their experiments to Ellington Field. I proudly observed one of our students helping a team from Brown University with their experiment. It's the tool box on the pickup that saved more than one team from going home without flying. Our students were going through a test readiness review of their experiment flying on the Zero G plane. It is the plane that was used to film the scenes in Apollo 13 where the astronauts were floating in the cabin.

The flight readiness review is the last step before flight. NASA brings a team of engineers and scientists, to review each experiment before it flies. The teams ask students to demonstrate how their experiments work, and they determine if the experiments are safe to put on the plane. Once the plane goes into the steep dive to simulate microgravity, the students and their experiments experience 25 seconds of low gravitational pull. The equipment can float to the top of the plane if it is not secured within the test stand. Our students consistently passed these reviews. They know how to build hardware. Other team experiments needed work, and more often than not, our farm raised scientists helped solve problems. We have never been sent home in the over 20 campaigns without flying.

This and other activities have prepared our students to work on experiments that now go to space. I know Dr. Tombaugh would be proud of our accomplishments. Yet, I wonder how he would have engaged in the discussion about the new classification of Pluto as a Dwarf Planet. Dr. Tombaugh was a fierce debater, a champion for science, for students, for curiosity, and for fairness.

The new Hayden Planetarium's director, Neil deGrasse Tyson and I had a few discussions about the re-classification of Pluto. The first was on a lecture trip to the Planetarium in 2009 with some NASA colleagues. I had the flu and was not is the best shape. But, I wanted to hear the lecture.

After being seated in the planetarium's newly designed Rose Center lecture hall, lights were dimmed, and the solar system came into focus. Quickly, we were on a journey out from the Sun, racing through the Asteroid belt, past Jupiter, beyond Neptune and the Kuiper belt to Pluto. Within 3 sentences, Dr. Tyson told us there were more interesting classification problems to investigate and Pluto was only one of the changes the astronomical community would face as new instruments provided better views of planetary systems. I lost interest. Maybe it was the flu, the flyby out beyond our solar system, or maybe I was just too sad to listen. I soon realized I had to talk to Dr. Tyson.

After the lecture, I waited in the line for my turn to talk to Dr. Tyson. I told him I was from New Mexico State University. We discussed Dr. Tombaugh's life, his body of work and all that Dr. Tombaugh had done to invigorate an interest in astronomy. He promised to always demonstrate respect for the discovery and the work it took for a young man to make the discovery he did. He said he knew Patsy, and we have stayed friends. Dr. Tyson continues to discuss the great interest Pluto generated around the world. If you are a fan of Pluto, please consider reading his book the Pluto Diaries: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet.

NASA has sent probes to all of the planets, the last probe, the New Horizon's spacecraft left earth in 2006. It will travel three billion miles before it reaches Pluto and one of it's orbiting moons, Charon. The Pluto System, as it is referred to by Alan Stern, a leading experts on Pluto, will be investigated by seven instruments on the New Horizons probe. Continue to learn more about Pluto and this mission at www.NASA.gov/missions. Dr. Tombaugh was a scientist. I believe he would encourage us to be curious about Pluto, look at what the research data tells us and make up our own minds.

Through New Mexico Space Grant, I have funded over a hundred students to travel with their experiments to Ellington Field. I proudly observed one of our students helping a team from Brown University with their experiment. It's the tool box on the pickup that saved more than one team from going home without flying. Our students were going through a test readiness review of their experiment flying on the Zero G plane. It is the plane that was used to film the scenes in Apollo 13 where the astronauts were floating in the cabin.

The flight readiness review is the last step before flight. NASA brings a team of engineers and scientists, to review each experiment before it flies. The teams ask students to demonstrate how their experiments work, and they determine if the experiments are safe to put on the plane. Once the plane goes into the steep dive to simulate microgravity, the students and their experiments experience 25 seconds of low gravitational pull. The equipment can float to the top of the plane if it is not secured within the test stand. Our students consistently passed these reviews. They know how to build hardware. Other team experiments needed work, and more often than not, our farm raised scientists helped solve problems. We have never been sent home in the over 20 campaigns without flying.

This and other activities have prepared our students to work on experiments that now go to space. I know Dr. Tombaugh would be proud of our accomplishments. Yet, I wonder how he would have engaged in the discussion about the new classification of Pluto as a Dwarf Planet. Dr. Tombaugh was a fierce debater, a champion for science, for students, for curiosity, and for fairness.

The new Hayden Planetarium's director, Neil deGrasse Tyson and I had a few discussions about the re-classification of Pluto. The first was on a lecture trip to the Planetarium in 2009 with some NASA colleagues. I had the flu and was not is the best shape. But, I wanted to hear the lecture.

After being seated in the planetarium's newly designed Rose Center lecture hall, lights were dimmed, and the solar system came into focus. Quickly, we were on a journey out from the Sun, racing through the Asteroid belt, past Jupiter, beyond Neptune and the Kuiper belt to Pluto. Within 3 sentences, Dr. Tyson told us there were more interesting classification problems to investigate and Pluto was only one of the changes the astronomical community would face as new instruments provided better views of planetary systems. I lost interest. Maybe it was the flu, the flyby out beyond our solar system, or maybe I was just too sad to listen. I soon realized I had to talk to Dr. Tyson.

After the lecture, I waited in the line for my turn to talk to Dr. Tyson. I told him I was from New Mexico State University. We discussed Dr. Tombaugh's life, his body of work and all that Dr. Tombaugh had done to invigorate an interest in astronomy. He promised to always demonstrate respect for the discovery and the work it took for a young man to make the discovery he did. He said he knew Patsy, and we have stayed friends. Dr. Tyson continues to discuss the great interest Pluto generated around the world. If you are a fan of Pluto, please consider reading his book the Pluto Diaries: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet.

NASA has sent probes to all of the planets, the last probe, the New Horizon's spacecraft left earth in 2006. It will travel three billion miles before it reaches Pluto and one of it's orbiting moons, Charon. The Pluto System, as it is referred to by Alan Stern, a leading experts on Pluto, will be investigated by seven instruments on the New Horizons probe. Continue to learn more about Pluto and this mission at www.NASA.gov/missions. Dr. Tombaugh was a scientist. I believe he would encourage us to be curious about Pluto, look at what the research data tells us and make up our own minds.

Through New Mexico Space Grant, I have funded over a hundred students to travel with their experiments to Ellington Field. I proudly observed one of our students helping a team from Brown University with their experiment. It's the tool box on the pickup that saved more than one team from going home without flying. Our students were going through a test readiness review of their experiment flying on the Zero G plane. It is the plane that was used to film the scenes in Apollo 13 where the astronauts were floating in the cabin.

The flight readiness review is the last step before flight. NASA brings a team of engineers and scientists, to review each experiment before it flies. The teams ask students to demonstrate how their experiments work, and they determine if the experiments are safe to put on the plane. Once the plane goes into the steep dive to simulate microgravity, the students and their experiments experience 25 seconds of low gravitational pull. The equipment can float to the top of the plane if it is not secured within the test stand. Our students consistently passed these reviews. They know how to build hardware. Other team experiments needed work, and more often than not, our farm raised scientists helped solve problems. We have never been sent home in the over 20 campaigns without flying.

This and other activities have prepared our students to work on experiments that now go to space. I know Dr. Tombaugh would be proud of our accomplishments. Yet, I wonder how he would have engaged in the discussion about the new classification of Pluto as a Dwarf Planet. Dr. Tombaugh was a fierce debater, a champion for science, for students, for curiosity, and for fairness.

The new Hayden Planetarium's director, Neil deGrasse Tyson and I had a few discussions about the re-classification of Pluto. The first was on a lecture trip to the Planetarium in 2009 with some NASA colleagues. I had the flu and was not is the best shape. But, I wanted to hear the lecture.

After being seated in the planetarium's newly designed Rose Center lecture hall, lights were dimmed, and the solar system came into focus. Quickly, we were on a journey out from the Sun, racing through the Asteroid belt, past Jupiter, beyond Neptune and the Kuiper belt to Pluto. Within 3 sentences, Dr. Tyson told us there were more interesting classification problems to investigate and Pluto was only one of the changes the astronomical community would face as new instruments provided better views of planetary systems. I lost interest. Maybe it was the flu, the flyby out beyond our solar system, or maybe I was just too sad to listen. I soon realized I had to talk to Dr. Tyson.

After the lecture, I waited in the line for my turn to talk to Dr. Tyson. I told him I was from New Mexico State University. We discussed Dr. Tombaugh's life, his body of work and all that Dr. Tombaugh had done to invigorate an interest in astronomy. He promised to always demonstrate respect for the discovery and the work it took for a young man to make the discovery he did. He said he knew Patsy, and we have stayed friends. Dr. Tyson continues to discuss the great interest Pluto generated around the world. If you are a fan of Pluto, please consider reading his book the Pluto Diaries: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet.

NASA has sent probes to all of the planets, the last probe, the New Horizon's spacecraft left earth in 2006. It will travel three billion miles before it reaches Pluto and one of it's orbiting moons, Charon. The Pluto System, as it is referred to by Alan Stern, a leading experts on Pluto, will be investigated by seven instruments on the New Horizons probe. Continue to learn more about Pluto and this mission at www.NASA.gov/missions. Dr. Tombaugh was a scientist. I believe he would encourage us to be curious about Pluto, look at what the research data tells us and make up our own minds.

Through New Mexico Space Grant, I have funded over a hundred students to travel with their experiments to Ellington Field. I proudly observed one of our students helping a team from Brown University with their experiment. It's the tool box on the pickup that saved more than one team from going home without flying. Our students were going through a test readiness review of their experiment flying on the Zero G plane. It is the plane that was used to film the scenes in Apollo 13 where the astronauts were floating in the cabin.

The flight readiness review is the last step before flight. NASA brings a team of engineers and scientists, to review each experiment before it flies. The teams ask students to demonstrate how their experiments work, and they determine if the experiments are safe to put on the plane. Once the plane goes into the steep dive to simulate microgravity, the students and their experiments experience 25 seconds of low gravitational pull. The equipment can float to the top of the plane if it is not secured within the test stand. Our students consistently passed these reviews. They know how to build hardware. Other team experiments needed work, and more often than not, our farm raised scientists helped solve problems. We have never been sent home in the over 20 campaigns without flying.

This and other activities have prepared our students to work on experiments that now go to space. I know Dr. Tombaugh would be proud of our accomplishments. Yet, I wonder how he would have engaged in the discussion about the new classification of Pluto as a Dwarf Planet. Dr. Tombaugh was a fierce debater, a champion for science, for students, for curiosity, and for fairness.

The new Hayden Planetarium's director, Neil deGrasse Tyson and I had a few discussions about the re-classification of Pluto. The first was on a lecture trip to the Planetarium in 2009 with some NASA colleagues. I had the flu and was not is the best shape. But, I wanted to hear the lecture.

After being seated in the planetarium's newly designed Rose Center lecture hall, lights were dimmed, and the solar system came into focus. Quickly, we were on a journey out from the Sun, racing through the Asteroid belt, past Jupiter, beyond Neptune and the Kuiper belt to Pluto. Within 3 sentences, Dr. Tyson told us there were more interesting classification problems to investigate and Pluto was only one of the changes the astronomical community would face as new instruments provided better views of planetary systems. I lost interest. Maybe it was the flu, the flyby out beyond our solar system, or maybe I was just too sad to listen. I soon realized I had to talk to Dr. Tyson.

After the lecture, I waited in the line for my turn to talk to Dr. Tyson. I told him I was from New Mexico State University. We discussed Dr. Tombaugh's life, his body of work and all that Dr. Tombaugh had done to invigorate an interest in astronomy. He promised to always demonstrate respect for the discovery and the work it took for a young man to make the discovery he did. He said he knew Patsy, and we have stayed friends. Dr. Tyson continues to discuss the great interest Pluto generated around the world. If you are a fan of Pluto, please consider reading his book the Pluto Diaries: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet.

NASA has sent probes to all of the planets, the last probe, the New Horizon's spacecraft left earth in 2006. It will travel three billion miles before it reaches Pluto and one of it's orbiting moons, Charon. The Pluto System, as it is referred to by Alan Stern, a leading experts on Pluto, will be investigated by seven instruments on the New Horizons probe. Continue to learn more about Pluto and this mission at www.NASA.gov/missions. Dr. Tombaugh was a scientist. I believe he would encourage us to be curious about Pluto, look at what the research data tells us and make up our own minds.

Through New Mexico Space Grant, I have funded over a hundred students to travel with their experiments to Ellington Field. I proudly observed one of our students helping a team from Brown University with their experiment. It's the tool box on the pickup that saved more than one team from going home without flying. Our students were going through a test readiness review of their experiment flying on the Zero G plane. It is the plane that was used to film the scenes in Apollo 13 where the astronauts were floating in the cabin.

The flight readiness review is the last step before flight. NASA brings a team of engineers and scientists, to review each experiment before it flies. The teams ask students to demonstrate how their experiments work, and they determine if the experiments are safe to put on the plane. Once the plane goes into the steep dive to simulate microgravity, the students and their experiments experience 25 seconds of low gravitational pull. The equipment can float to the top of the plane if it is not secured within the test stand. Our students consistently passed these reviews. They know how to build hardware. Other team experiments needed work, and more often than not, our farm raised scientists helped solve problems. We have never been sent home in the over 20 campaigns without flying.

This and other activities have prepared our students to work on experiments that now go to space. I know Dr. Tombaugh would be proud of our accomplishments. Yet, I wonder how he would have engaged in the discussion about the new classification of Pluto as a Dwarf Planet. Dr. Tombaugh was a fierce debater, a champion for science, for students, for curiosity, and for fairness.

The new Hayden Planetarium's director, Neil deGrasse Tyson and I had a few discussions about the re-classification of Pluto. The first was on a lecture trip to the Planetarium in 2009 with some NASA colleagues. I had the flu and was not is the best shape. But, I wanted to hear the lecture.

After being seated in the planetarium's newly designed Rose Center lecture hall, lights were dimmed, and the solar system came into focus. Quickly, we were on a journey out from the Sun, racing through the Asteroid belt, past Jupiter, beyond Neptune and the Kuiper belt to Pluto. Within 3 sentences, Dr. Tyson told us there were more interesting classification problems to investigate and Pluto was only one of the changes the astronomical community would face as new instruments provided better views of planetary systems. I lost interest. Maybe it was the flu, the flyby out beyond our solar system, or maybe I was just too sad to listen. I soon realized I had to talk to Dr. Tyson.

After the lecture, I waited in the line for my turn to talk to Dr. Tyson. I told him I was from New Mexico State University. We discussed Dr. Tombaugh's life, his body of work and all that Dr. Tombaugh had done to invigorate an interest in astronomy. He promised to always demonstrate respect for the discovery and the work it took for a young man to make the discovery he did. He said he knew Patsy, and we have stayed friends. Dr. Tyson continues to discuss the great interest Pluto generated around the world. If you are a fan of Pluto, please consider reading his book the Pluto Diaries: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet.

NASA has sent probes to all of the planets, the last probe, the New Horizon's spacecraft left earth in 2006. It will travel three billion miles before it reaches Pluto and one of it's orbiting moons, Charon. The Pluto System, as it is referred to by Alan Stern, a leading experts on Pluto, will be investigated by seven instruments on the New Horizons probe. Continue to learn more about Pluto and this mission at www.NASA.gov/missions. Dr. Tombaugh was a scientist. I believe he would encourage us to be curious about Pluto, look at what the research data tells us and make up our own minds.

Through New Mexico Space Grant, I have funded over a hundred students to travel with their experiments to Ellington Field. I proudly observed one of our students helping a team from Brown University with their experiment. It's the tool box on the pickup that saved more than one team from going home without flying. Our students were going through a test readiness review of their experiment flying on the Zero G plane. It is the plane that was used to film the scenes in Apollo 13 where the astronauts were floating in the cabin.

The flight readiness review is the last step before flight. NASA brings a team of engineers and scientists, to review each experiment before it flies. The teams ask students to demonstrate how their experiments work, and they determine if the experiments are safe to put on the plane. Once the plane goes into the steep dive to simulate microgravity, the students and their experiments experience 25 seconds of low gravitational pull. The equipment can float to the top of the plane if it is not secured within the test stand. Our students consistently passed these reviews. They know how to build hardware. Other team experiments needed work, and more often than not, our farm raised scientists helped solve problems. We have never been sent home in the over 20 campaigns without flying.

This and other activities have prepared our students to work on experiments that now go to space. I know Dr. Tombaugh would be proud of our accomplishments. Yet, I wonder how he would have engaged in the discussion about the new classification of Pluto as a Dwarf Planet. Dr. Tombaugh was a fierce debater, a champion for science, for students, for curiosity, and for fairness.

The new Hayden Planetarium's director, Neil deGrasse Tyson and I had a few discussions about the re-classification of Pluto. The first was on a lecture trip to the Planetarium in 2009 with some NASA colleagues. I had the flu and was not is the best shape. But, I wanted to hear the lecture.

After being seated in the planetarium's newly designed Rose Center lecture hall, lights were dimmed, and the solar system came into focus. Quickly, we were on a journey out from the Sun, racing through the Asteroid belt, past Jupiter, beyond Neptune and the Kuiper belt to Pluto. Within 3 sentences, Dr. Tyson told us there were more interesting classification problems to investigate and Pluto was only one of the changes the astronomical community would face as new instruments provided better views of planetary systems. I lost interest. Maybe it was the flu, the flyby out beyond our solar system, or maybe I was just too sad to listen. I soon realized I had to talk to Dr. Tyson.

After the lecture, I waited in the line for my turn to talk to Dr. Tyson. I told him I was from New Mexico State University. We discussed Dr. Tombaugh's life, his body of work and all that Dr. Tombaugh had done to invigorate an interest in astronomy. He promised to always demonstrate respect for the discovery and the work it took for a young man to make the discovery he did. He said he knew Patsy, and we have stayed friends. Dr. Tyson continues to discuss the great interest Pluto generated around the world. If you are a fan of Pluto, please consider reading his book the Pluto Diaries: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet.

NASA has sent probes to all of the planets, the last probe, the New Horizon's spacecraft left earth in 2006. It will travel three billion miles before it reaches Pluto and one of it's orbiting moons, Charon. The Pluto System, as it is referred to by Alan Stern, a leading experts on Pluto, will be investigated by seven instruments on the New Horizons probe. Continue to learn more about Pluto and this mission at www.NASA.gov/missions. Dr. Tombaugh was a scientist. I believe he would encourage us to be curious about Pluto, look at what the research data tells us and make up our own minds.

Through New Mexico Space Grant, I have funded over a hundred students to travel with their experiments to Ellington Field. I proudly observed one of our students helping a team from Brown University with their experiment. It's the tool box on the pickup that saved more than one team from going home without flying. Our students were going through a test readiness review of their experiment flying on the Zero G plane. It is the plane that was used to film the scenes in Apollo 13 where the astronauts were floating in the cabin.

The flight readiness review is the last step before flight. NASA brings a team of engineers and scientists, to review each experiment before it flies. The teams ask students to demonstrate how their experiments work, and they determine if the experiments are safe to put on the plane. Once the plane goes into the steep dive to simulate microgravity, the students and their experiments experience 25 seconds of low gravitational pull. The equipment can float to the top of the plane if it is not secured within the test stand. Our students consistently passed these reviews. They know how to build hardware. Other team experiments needed work, and more often than not, our farm raised scientists helped solve problems. We have never been sent home in the over 20 campaigns without flying.

This and other activities have prepared our students to work on experiments that now go to space. I know Dr. Tombaugh would be proud of our accomplishments. Yet, I wonder how he would have engaged in the discussion about the new classification of Pluto as a Dwarf Planet. Dr. Tombaugh was a fierce debater, a champion for science, for students, for curiosity, and for fairness.

The new Hayden Planetarium's director, Neil deGrasse Tyson and I had a few discussions about the re-classification of Pluto. The first was on a lecture trip to the Planetarium in 2009 with some NASA colleagues. I had the flu and was not is the best shape. But, I wanted to hear the lecture.

After being seated in the planetarium's newly designed Rose Center lecture hall, lights were dimmed, and the solar system came into focus. Quickly, we were on a journey out from the Sun, racing through the Asteroid belt, past Jupiter, beyond Neptune and the Kuiper belt to Pluto. Within 3 sentences, Dr. Tyson told us there were more interesting classification problems to investigate and Pluto was only one of the changes the astronomical community would face as new instruments provided better views of planetary systems. I lost interest. Maybe it was the flu, the flyby out beyond our solar system, or maybe I was just too sad to listen. I soon realized I had to talk to Dr. Tyson.

After the lecture, I waited in the line for my turn to talk to Dr. Tyson. I told him I was from New Mexico State University. We discussed Dr. Tombaugh's life, his body of work and all that Dr. Tombaugh had done to invigorate an interest in astronomy. He promised to always demonstrate respect for the discovery and the work it took for a young man to make the discovery he did. He said he knew Patsy, and we have stayed friends. Dr. Tyson continues to discuss the great interest Pluto generated around the world. If you are a fan of Pluto, please consider reading his book the Pluto Diaries: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet.

NASA has sent probes to all of the planets, the last probe, the New Horizon's spacecraft left earth in 2006. It will travel three billion miles before it reaches Pluto and one of it's orbiting moons, Charon. The Pluto System, as it is referred to by Alan Stern, a leading experts on Pluto, will be investigated by seven instruments on the New Horizons probe. Continue to learn more about Pluto and this mission at www.NASA.gov/missions. Dr. Tombaugh was a scientist. I believe he would encourage us to be curious about Pluto, look at what the research data tells us and make up our own minds.

Through New Mexico Space Grant, I have funded over a hundred students to travel with their experiments to Ellington Field. I proudly observed one of our students helping a team from Brown University with their experiment. It's the tool box on the pickup that saved more than one team from going home without flying. Our students were going through a test readiness review of their experiment flying on the Zero G plane. It is the plane that was used to film the scenes in Apollo 13 where the astronauts were floating in the cabin.

The flight readiness review is the last step before flight. NASA brings a team of engineers and scientists, to review each experiment before it flies. The teams ask students to demonstrate how their experiments work, and they determine if the experiments are safe to put on the plane. Once the plane goes into the steep dive to simulate microgravity, the students and their experiments experience 25 seconds of low gravitational pull. The equipment can float to the top of the plane if it is not secured within the test stand. Our students consistently passed these reviews. They know how to build hardware. Other team experiments needed work, and more often than not, our farm raised scientists helped solve problems. We have never been sent home in the over 20 campaigns without flying.

This and other activities have prepared our students to work on experiments that now go to space. I know Dr. Tombaugh would be proud of our accomplishments. Yet, I wonder how he would have engaged in the discussion about the new classification of Pluto as a Dwarf Planet. Dr. Tombaugh was a fierce debater, a champion for science, for students, for curiosity, and for fairness.

The new Hayden Planetarium's director, Neil deGrasse Tyson and I had a few discussions about the re-classification of Pluto. The first was on a lecture trip to the Planetarium in 2009 with some NASA colleagues. I had the flu and was not is the best shape. But, I wanted to hear the lecture.

After being seated in the planetarium's newly designed Rose Center lecture hall, lights were dimmed, and the solar system came into focus. Quickly, we were on a journey out from the Sun, racing through the Asteroid belt, past Jupiter, beyond Neptune and the Kuiper belt to Pluto. Within 3 sentences, Dr. Tyson told us there were more interesting classification problems to investigate and Pluto was only one of the changes the astronomical community would face as new instruments provided better views of planetary systems. I lost interest. Maybe it was the flu, the flyby out beyond our solar system, or maybe I was just too sad to listen. I soon realized I had to talk to Dr. Tyson.

After the lecture, I waited in the line for my turn to talk to Dr. Tyson. I told him I was from New Mexico State University. We discussed Dr. Tombaugh's life, his body of work and all that Dr. Tombaugh had done to invigorate an interest in astronomy. He promised to always demonstrate respect for the discovery and the work it took for a young man to make the discovery he did. He said he knew Patsy, and we have stayed friends. Dr. Tyson continues to discuss the great interest Pluto generated around the world. If you are a fan of Pluto, please consider reading his book the Pluto Diaries: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet.

NASA has sent probes to all of the planets, the last probe, the New Horizon's spacecraft left earth in 2006. It will travel three billion miles before it reaches Pluto and one of it's orbiting moons, Charon. The Pluto System, as it is referred to by Alan Stern, a leading experts on Pluto, will be investigated by seven instruments on the New Horizons probe. Continue to learn more about Pluto and this mission at www.NASA.gov/missions. Dr. Tombaugh was a scientist. I believe he would encourage us to be curious about Pluto, look at what the research data tells us and make up our own minds.

Through New Mexico Space Grant, I have funded over a hundred students to travel with their experiments to Ellington Field. I proudly observed one of our students helping a team from Brown University with their experiment. It's the tool box on the pickup that saved more than one team from going home without flying. Our students were going through a test readiness review of their experiment flying on the Zero G plane. It is the plane that was used to film the scenes in Apollo 13 where the astronauts were floating in the cabin.

The flight readiness review is the last step before flight. NASA brings a team of engineers and scientists, to review each experiment before it flies. The teams ask students to demonstrate how their experiments work, and they determine if the experiments are safe to put on the plane. Once the plane goes into the steep dive to simulate microgravity, the students and their experiments experience 25 seconds of low gravitational pull. The equipment can float to the top of the plane if it is not secured within the test stand. Our students consistently passed these reviews. They know how to build hardware. Other team experiments needed work, and more often than not, our farm raised scientists helped solve problems. We have never been sent home in the over 20 campaigns without flying.

This and other activities have prepared our students to work on experiments that now go to space. I know Dr. Tombaugh would be proud of our accomplishments. Yet, I wonder how he would have engaged in the discussion about the new classification of Pluto as a Dwarf Planet. Dr. Tombaugh was a fierce debater, a champion for science, for students, for curiosity, and for fairness.

The new Hayden Planetarium's director, Neil deGrasse Tyson and I had a few discussions about the re-classification of Pluto. The first was on a lecture trip to the Planetarium in 2009 with some NASA colleagues. I had the flu and was not is the best shape. But, I wanted to hear the lecture.

After being seated in the planetarium's newly designed Rose Center lecture hall, lights were dimmed, and the solar system came into focus. Quickly, we were on a journey out from the Sun, racing through the Asteroid belt, past Jupiter, beyond Neptune and the Kuiper belt to Pluto. Within 3 sentences, Dr. Tyson told us there were more interesting classification problems to investigate and Pluto was only one of the changes the astronomical community would face as new instruments provided better views of planetary systems. I lost interest. Maybe it was the flu, the flyby out beyond our solar system, or maybe I was just too sad to listen. I soon realized I had to talk to Dr. Tyson.

After the lecture, I waited in the line for my turn to talk to Dr. Tyson. I told him I was from New Mexico State University. We discussed Dr. Tombaugh's life, his body of work and all that Dr. Tombaugh had done to invigorate an interest in astronomy. He promised to always demonstrate respect for the discovery and the work it took for a young man to make the discovery he did. He said he knew Patsy, and we have stayed friends. Dr. Tyson continues to discuss the great interest Pluto generated around the world. If you are a fan of Pluto, please consider reading his book the Pluto Diaries: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet.

NASA has sent probes to all of the planets, the last probe, the New Horizon's spacecraft left earth in 2006. It will travel three billion miles before it reaches Pluto and one of it's orbiting moons, Charon. The Pluto System, as it is referred to by Alan Stern, a leading experts on Pluto, will be investigated by seven instruments on the New Horizons probe. Continue to learn more about Pluto and this mission at www.NASA.gov/missions. Dr. Tombaugh was a scientist. I believe he would encourage us to be curious about Pluto, look at what the research data tells us and make up our own minds.

Through New Mexico Space Grant, I have funded over a hundred students to travel with their experiments to Ellington Field. I proudly observed one of our students helping a team from Brown University with their experiment. It's the tool box on the pickup that saved more than one team from going home without flying. Our students were going through a test readiness review of their experiment flying on the Zero G plane. It is the plane that was used to film the scenes in Apollo 13 where the astronauts were floating in the cabin.

The flight readiness review is the last step before flight. NASA brings a team of engineers and scientists, to review each experiment before it flies. The teams ask students to demonstrate how their experiments work, and they determine if the experiments are safe to put on the plane. Once the plane goes into the steep dive to simulate microgravity, the students and their experiments experience 25 seconds of low gravitational pull. The equipment can float to the top of the plane if it is not secured within the test stand. Our students consistently passed these reviews. They know how to build hardware. Other team experiments needed work, and more often than not, our farm raised scientists helped solve problems. We have never been sent home in the over 20 campaigns without flying.

This and other activities have prepared our students to work on experiments that now go to space. I know Dr. Tombaugh would be proud of our accomplishments. Yet, I wonder how he would have engaged in the discussion about the new classification of Pluto as a Dwarf Planet. Dr. Tombaugh was a fierce debater, a champion for science, for students, for curiosity, and for fairness.

The new Hayden Planetarium's director, Neil deGrasse Tyson and I had a few discussions about the re-classification of Pluto. The first was on a lecture trip to the Planetarium in 2009 with some NASA colleagues. I had the flu and was not is the best shape. But, I wanted to hear the lecture.

After being seated in the planetarium's newly designed Rose Center lecture hall, lights were dimmed, and the solar system came into focus. Quickly, we were on a journey out from the Sun, racing through the Asteroid belt, past Jupiter, beyond Neptune and the Kuiper belt to Pluto. Within 3 sentences, Dr. Tyson told us there were more interesting classification problems to investigate and Pluto was only one of the changes the astronomical community would face as new instruments provided better views of planetary systems. I lost interest. Maybe it was the flu, the flyby out beyond our solar system, or maybe I was just too sad to listen. I soon realized I had to talk to Dr. Tyson.

After the lecture, I waited in the line for my turn to talk to Dr. Tyson. I told him I was from New Mexico State University. We discussed Dr. Tombaugh's life, his body of work and all that Dr. Tombaugh had done to invigorate an interest in astronomy. He promised to always demonstrate respect for the discovery and the work it took for a young man to make the discovery he did. He said he knew Patsy, and we have stayed friends. Dr. Tyson continues to discuss the great interest Pluto generated around the world. If you are a fan of Pluto, please consider reading his book the Pluto Diaries: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet.

NASA has sent probes to all of the planets, the last probe, the New Horizon's spacecraft left earth in 2006. It will travel three billion miles before it reaches Pluto and one of it's orbiting moons, Charon. The Pluto System, as it is referred to by Alan Stern, a leading experts on Pluto, will be investigated by seven instruments on the New Horizons probe. Continue to learn more about Pluto and this mission at www.NASA.gov/missions. Dr. Tombaugh was a scientist. I believe he would encourage us to be curious about Pluto, look at what the research data tells us and make up our own minds.

Through New Mexico Space Grant, I have funded over a hundred students to travel with their experiments to Ellington Field. I proudly observed one of our students helping a team from Brown University with their experiment. It's the tool box on the pickup that saved more than one team from going home without flying. Our students were going through a test readiness review of their experiment flying on the Zero G plane. It is the plane that was used to film the scenes in Apollo 13 where the astronauts were floating in the cabin.

The flight readiness review is the last step before flight. NASA brings a team of engineers and scientists, to review each experiment before it flies. The teams ask students to demonstrate how their experiments work, and they determine if the experiments are safe to put on the plane. Once the plane goes into the steep dive to simulate microgravity, the students and their experiments experience 25 seconds of low gravitational pull. The equipment can float to the top of the plane if it is not secured within the test stand. Our students consistently passed these reviews. They know how to build hardware. Other team experiments needed work, and more often than not, our farm raised scientists helped solve problems. We have never been sent home in the over 20 campaigns without flying.

This and other activities have prepared our students to work on experiments that now go to space. I know Dr. Tombaugh would be proud of our accomplishments. Yet, I wonder how he would have engaged in the discussion about the new classification of Pluto as a Dwarf Planet. Dr. Tombaugh was a fierce debater, a champion for science, for students, for curiosity, and for fairness.

The new Hayden Planetarium's director, Neil deGrasse Tyson and I had a few discussions about the re-classification of Pluto. The first was on a lecture trip to the Planetarium in 2009 with some NASA colleagues. I had the flu and was not is the best shape. But, I wanted to hear the lecture.

After being seated in the planetarium's newly designed Rose Center lecture hall, lights were dimmed, and the solar system came into focus. Quickly, we were on a journey out from the Sun, racing through the Asteroid belt, past Jupiter, beyond Neptune and the Kuiper belt to Pluto. Within 3 sentences, Dr. Tyson told us there were more interesting classification problems to investigate and Pluto was only one of the changes the astronomical community would face as new instruments provided better views of planetary systems. I lost interest. Maybe it was the flu, the flyby out beyond our solar system, or maybe I was just too sad to listen. I soon realized I had to talk to Dr. Tyson.

After the lecture, I waited in the line for my turn to talk to Dr. Tyson. I told him I was from New Mexico State University. We discussed Dr. Tombaugh's life, his body of work and all that Dr. Tombaugh had done to invigorate an interest in astronomy. He promised to always demonstrate respect for the discovery and the work it took for a young man to make the discovery he did. He said he knew Patsy, and we have stayed friends. Dr. Tyson continues to discuss the great interest Pluto generated around the world. If you are a fan of Pluto, please consider reading his book the Pluto Diaries: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet.

NASA has sent probes to all of the planets, the last probe, the New Horizon's spacecraft left earth in 2006. It will travel three billion miles before it reaches Pluto and one of it's orbiting moons, Charon. The Pluto System, as it is referred to by Alan Stern, a leading experts on Pluto, will be investigated by seven instruments on the New Horizons probe. Continue to learn more about Pluto and this mission at www.NASA.gov/missions. Dr. Tombaugh was a scientist. I believe he would encourage us to be curious about Pluto, look at what the research data tells us and make up our own minds.

Through New Mexico Space Grant, I have funded over a hundred students to travel with their experiments to Ellington Field. I proudly observed one of our students helping a team from Brown University with their experiment. It's the tool box on the pickup that saved more than one team from going home without flying. Our students were going through a test readiness review of their experiment flying on the Zero G plane. It is the plane that was used to film the scenes in Apollo 13 where the astronauts were floating in the cabin.

The flight readiness review is the last step before flight. NASA brings a team of engineers and scientists, to review each experiment before it flies. The teams ask students to demonstrate how their experiments work, and they determine if the experiments are safe to put on the plane. Once the plane goes into the steep dive to simulate microgravity, the students and their experiments experience 25 seconds of low gravitational pull. The equipment can float to the top of the plane if it is not secured within the test stand. Our students consistently passed these reviews. They know how to build hardware. Other team experiments needed work, and more often than not, our farm raised scientists helped solve problems. We have never been sent home in the over 20 campaigns without flying.

This and other activities have prepared our students to work on experiments that now go to space. I know Dr. Tombaugh would be proud of our accomplishments. Yet, I wonder how he would have engaged in the discussion about the new classification of Pluto as a Dwarf Planet. Dr. Tombaugh was a fierce debater, a champion for science, for students, for curiosity, and for fairness.

The new Hayden Planetarium's director, Neil deGrasse Tyson and I had a few discussions about the re-classification of Pluto. The first was on a lecture trip to the Planetarium in 2009 with some NASA colleagues. I had the flu and was not is the best shape. But, I wanted to hear the lecture.

After being seated in the planetarium's newly designed Rose Center lecture hall, lights were dimmed, and the solar system came into focus. Quickly, we were on a journey out from the Sun, racing through the Asteroid belt, past Jupiter, beyond Neptune and the Kuiper belt to Pluto. Within 3 sentences, Dr. Tyson told us there were more interesting classification problems to investigate and Pluto was only one of the changes the astronomical community would face as new instruments provided better views of planetary systems. I lost interest. Maybe it was the flu, the flyby out beyond our solar system, or maybe I was just too sad to listen. I soon realized I had to talk to Dr. Tyson.

After the lecture, I waited in the line for my turn to talk to Dr. Tyson. I told him I was from New Mexico State University. We discussed Dr. Tombaugh's life, his body of work and all that Dr. Tombaugh had done to invigorate an interest in astronomy. He promised to always demonstrate respect for the discovery and the work it took for a young man to make the discovery he did. He said he knew Patsy, and we have stayed friends. Dr. Tyson continues to discuss the great interest Pluto generated around the world. If you are a fan of Pluto, please consider reading his book the Pluto Diaries: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet.

NASA has sent probes to all of the planets, the last probe, the New Horizon's spacecraft left earth in 2006. It will travel three billion miles before it reaches Pluto and one of it's orbiting moons, Charon. The Pluto System, as it is referred to by Alan Stern, a leading experts on Pluto, will be investigated by seven instruments on the New Horizons probe. Continue to learn more about Pluto and this mission at www.NASA.gov/missions. Dr. Tombaugh was a scientist. I believe he would encourage us to be curious about Pluto, look at what the research data tells us and make up our own minds.

Through New Mexico Space Grant, I have funded over a hundred students to travel with their experiments to Ellington Field. I proudly observed one of our students helping a team from Brown University with their experiment. It's the tool box on the pickup that saved more than one team from going home without flying. Our students were going through a test readiness review of their experiment flying on the Zero G plane. It is the plane that was used to film the scenes in Apollo 13 where the astronauts were floating in the cabin.

The flight readiness review is the last step before flight. NASA brings a team of engineers and scientists, to review each experiment before it flies. The teams ask students to demonstrate how their experiments work, and they determine if the experiments are safe to put on the plane. Once the plane goes into the steep dive to simulate microgravity, the students and their experiments experience 25 seconds of low gravitational pull. The equipment can float to the top of the plane if it is not secured within the test stand. Our students consistently passed these reviews. They know how to build hardware. Other team experiments needed work, and more often than not, our farm raised scientists helped solve problems. We have never been sent home in the over 20 campaigns without flying.

This and other activities have prepared our students to work on experiments that now go to space. I know Dr. Tombaugh would be proud of our accomplishments. Yet, I wonder how he would have engaged in the discussion about the new classification of Pluto as a Dwarf Planet. Dr. Tombaugh was a fierce debater, a champion for science, for students, for curiosity, and for fairness.

The new Hayden Planetarium's director, Neil deGrasse Tyson and I had a few discussions about the re-classification of Pluto. The first was on a lecture trip to the Planetarium in 2009 with some NASA colleagues. I had the flu and was not is the best shape. But, I wanted to hear the lecture.

After being seated in the planetarium's newly designed Rose Center lecture hall, lights were dimmed, and the solar system came into focus. Quickly, we were on a journey out from the Sun, racing through the Asteroid belt, past Jupiter, beyond Neptune and the Kuiper belt to Pluto. Within 3 sentences, Dr. Tyson told us there were more interesting classification problems to investigate and Pluto was only one of the changes the astronomical community would face as new instruments provided better views of planetary systems. I lost interest. Maybe it was the flu, the flyby out beyond our solar system, or maybe I was just too sad to listen. I soon realized I had to talk to Dr. Tyson.

After the lecture, I waited in the line for my turn to talk to Dr. Tyson. I told him I was from New Mexico State University. We discussed Dr. Tombaugh's life, his body of work and all that Dr. Tombaugh had done to invigorate an interest in astronomy. He promised to always demonstrate respect for the discovery and the work it took for a young man to make the discovery he did. He said he knew Patsy, and we have stayed friends. Dr. Tyson continues to discuss the great interest Pluto generated around the world. If you are a fan of Pluto, please consider reading his book the Pluto Diaries: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet.

NASA has sent probes to all of the planets, the last probe, the New Horizon's spacecraft left earth in 2006. It will travel three billion miles before it reaches Pluto and one of it's orbiting moons, Charon. The Pluto System, as it is referred to by Alan Stern, a leading experts on Pluto, will be investigated by seven instruments on the New Horizons probe. Continue to learn more about Pluto and this mission at www.NASA.gov/missions. Dr. Tombaugh was a scientist. I believe he would encourage us to be curious about Pluto, look at what the research data tells us and make up our own minds.

Over the past few days I have been listening to and watching the news releases from SpaceX and NASA as the launch and docking progressed. Listening to Elon Musk describe the accomplishment I understood, this is a Goldilocks moment for him. Not only has he accomplished what no other aerospace company has, he is looking to increase the challenge for himself and his company. He will soon begin the process of getting the Dragon capsule certified to carry humans to the ISS and eventually to commercial space stations. He and Robert Bigelow announced last month, they have signed an agreement to launch Bigelow Aerospace inflatable habitats to low earth orbit in 2015.

Why are we going to space? Why do people fight the fire in the Gila, why do people volunteer to keep the scientists alive at the South Pole? Humans are hard to figure out. Some students in our schools are developing mastery at chess, or playing the violin, some are mastering fire fighting.

When the founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk, spoke at the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight in 2007, he described two things that motivated him. He wanted to re-start the launch industry in our country, and he wanted to impact humanity on the geologic scale.

How hard those tasks seemed to me at the time. How can anyone set those challenges up for himself? He had already co-founded PayPal, sold it and was building his own rocket manufacturing plant. He was thirty five at the time. Yet, I know thousands of people in Las Cruces are developing mastery possibly writing plays or perfecting a new chile at NMSU.
Last Saturday, NASA Commercial Crew and Cargo manager Alan Lindenmoyer described his first encounter with Elon. He knew Elon had a conviction, that he and SpaceX were committed to do what it took to deliver access to space for the United States. NASA discovered the Goldilocks tasks working with SpaceX. They did not set too many requirements, nor did they back away from holding the company accountable. NASA paid for results only.

There is great purpose at work here. The United States will soon have the ability to once again deliver and return astronauts safely from space. There are many hostile environments right here on earth. We still can't get people who winterover off the ice at the Amundesen-Scott South Pole Station, America's scientific research station at the South Pole. Aviation fuel turns to a gel at 60 degrees below zero. Yet, the Polie's volunteer to return year after year. The work, the connection to each other and the challenge of mastering living in total isolation is just right for them.

Over the past few days I have been listening to and watching the news releases from SpaceX and NASA as the launch and docking progressed. Listening to Elon Musk describe the accomplishment I understood, this is a Goldilocks moment for him. Not only has he accomplished what no other aerospace company has, he is looking to increase the challenge for himself and his company. He will soon begin the process of getting the Dragon capsule certified to carry humans to the ISS and eventually to commercial space stations. He and Robert Bigelow announced last month, they have signed an agreement to launch Bigelow Aerospace inflatable habitats to low earth orbit in 2015.

Why are we going to space? Why do people fight the fire in the Gila, why do people volunteer to keep the scientists alive at the South Pole? Humans are hard to figure out. Some students in our schools are developing mastery at chess, or playing the violin, some are mastering fire fighting.

When the founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk, spoke at the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight in 2007, he described two things that motivated him. He wanted to re-start the launch industry in our country, and he wanted to impact humanity on the geologic scale.

How hard those tasks seemed to me at the time. How can anyone set those challenges up for himself? He had already co-founded PayPal, sold it and was building his own rocket manufacturing plant. He was thirty five at the time. Yet, I know thousands of people in Las Cruces are developing mastery possibly writing plays or perfecting a new chile at NMSU.
Last Saturday, NASA Commercial Crew and Cargo manager Alan Lindenmoyer described his first encounter with Elon. He knew Elon had a conviction, that he and SpaceX were committed to do what it took to deliver access to space for the United States. NASA discovered the Goldilocks tasks working with SpaceX. They did not set too many requirements, nor did they back away from holding the company accountable. NASA paid for results only.

There is great purpose at work here. The United States will soon have the ability to once again deliver and return astronauts safely from space. There are many hostile environments right here on earth. We still can't get people who winterover off the ice at the Amundesen-Scott South Pole Station, America's scientific research station at the South Pole. Aviation fuel turns to a gel at 60 degrees below zero. Yet, the Polie's volunteer to return year after year. The work, the connection to each other and the challenge of mastering living in total isolation is just right for them.

Over the past few days I have been listening to and watching the news releases from SpaceX and NASA as the launch and docking progressed. Listening to Elon Musk describe the accomplishment I understood, this is a Goldilocks moment for him. Not only has he accomplished what no other aerospace company has, he is looking to increase the challenge for himself and his company. He will soon begin the process of getting the Dragon capsule certified to carry humans to the ISS and eventually to commercial space stations. He and Robert Bigelow announced last month, they have signed an agreement to launch Bigelow Aerospace inflatable habitats to low earth orbit in 2015.

Why are we going to space? Why do people fight the fire in the Gila, why do people volunteer to keep the scientists alive at the South Pole? Humans are hard to figure out. Some students in our schools are developing mastery at chess, or playing the violin, some are mastering fire fighting.

When the founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk, spoke at the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight in 2007, he described two things that motivated him. He wanted to re-start the launch industry in our country, and he wanted to impact humanity on the geologic scale.

How hard those tasks seemed to me at the time. How can anyone set those challenges up for himself? He had already co-founded PayPal, sold it and was building his own rocket manufacturing plant. He was thirty five at the time. Yet, I know thousands of people in Las Cruces are developing mastery possibly writing plays or perfecting a new chile at NMSU.
Last Saturday, NASA Commercial Crew and Cargo manager Alan Lindenmoyer described his first encounter with Elon. He knew Elon had a conviction, that he and SpaceX were committed to do what it took to deliver access to space for the United States. NASA discovered the Goldilocks tasks working with SpaceX. They did not set too many requirements, nor did they back away from holding the company accountable. NASA paid for results only.

There is great purpose at work here. The United States will soon have the ability to once again deliver and return astronauts safely from space. There are many hostile environments right here on earth. We still can't get people who winterover off the ice at the Amundesen-Scott South Pole Station, America's scientific research station at the South Pole. Aviation fuel turns to a gel at 60 degrees below zero. Yet, the Polie's volunteer to return year after year. The work, the connection to each other and the challenge of mastering living in total isolation is just right for them.

Over the past few days I have been listening to and watching the news releases from SpaceX and NASA as the launch and docking progressed. Listening to Elon Musk describe the accomplishment I understood, this is a Goldilocks moment for him. Not only has he accomplished what no other aerospace company has, he is looking to increase the challenge for himself and his company. He will soon begin the process of getting the Dragon capsule certified to carry humans to the ISS and eventually to commercial space stations. He and Robert Bigelow announced last month, they have signed an agreement to launch Bigelow Aerospace inflatable habitats to low earth orbit in 2015.

Why are we going to space? Why do people fight the fire in the Gila, why do people volunteer to keep the scientists alive at the South Pole? Humans are hard to figure out. Some students in our schools are developing mastery at chess, or playing the violin, some are mastering fire fighting.

When the founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk, spoke at the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight in 2007, he described two things that motivated him. He wanted to re-start the launch industry in our country, and he wanted to impact humanity on the geologic scale.

How hard those tasks seemed to me at the time. How can anyone set those challenges up for himself? He had already co-founded PayPal, sold it and was building his own rocket manufacturing plant. He was thirty five at the time. Yet, I know thousands of people in Las Cruces are developing mastery possibly writing plays or perfecting a new chile at NMSU.
Last Saturday, NASA Commercial Crew and Cargo manager Alan Lindenmoyer described his first encounter with Elon. He knew Elon had a conviction, that he and SpaceX were committed to do what it took to deliver access to space for the United States. NASA discovered the Goldilocks tasks working with SpaceX. They did not set too many requirements, nor did they back away from holding the company accountable. NASA paid for results only.

There is great purpose at work here. The United States will soon have the ability to once again deliver and return astronauts safely from space. There are many hostile environments right here on earth. We still can't get people who winterover off the ice at the Amundesen-Scott South Pole Station, America's scientific research station at the South Pole. Aviation fuel turns to a gel at 60 degrees below zero. Yet, the Polie's volunteer to return year after year. The work, the connection to each other and the challenge of mastering living in total isolation is just right for them.

Over the past few days I have been listening to and watching the news releases from SpaceX and NASA as the launch and docking progressed. Listening to Elon Musk describe the accomplishment I understood, this is a Goldilocks moment for him. Not only has he accomplished what no other aerospace company has, he is looking to increase the challenge for himself and his company. He will soon begin the process of getting the Dragon capsule certified to carry humans to the ISS and eventually to commercial space stations. He and Robert Bigelow announced last month, they have signed an agreement to launch Bigelow Aerospace inflatable habitats to low earth orbit in 2015.

Why are we going to space? Why do people fight the fire in the Gila, why do people volunteer to keep the scientists alive at the South Pole? Humans are hard to figure out. Some students in our schools are developing mastery at chess, or playing the violin, some are mastering fire fighting.

When the founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk, spoke at the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight in 2007, he described two things that motivated him. He wanted to re-start the launch industry in our country, and he wanted to impact humanity on the geologic scale.

How hard those tasks seemed to me at the time. How can anyone set those challenges up for himself? He had already co-founded PayPal, sold it and was building his own rocket manufacturing plant. He was thirty five at the time. Yet, I know thousands of people in Las Cruces are developing mastery possibly writing plays or perfecting a new chile at NMSU.
Last Saturday, NASA Commercial Crew and Cargo manager Alan Lindenmoyer described his first encounter with Elon. He knew Elon had a conviction, that he and SpaceX were committed to do what it took to deliver access to space for the United States. NASA discovered the Goldilocks tasks working with SpaceX. They did not set too many requirements, nor did they back away from holding the company accountable. NASA paid for results only.

There is great purpose at work here. The United States will soon have the ability to once again deliver and return astronauts safely from space. There are many hostile environments right here on earth. We still can't get people who winterover off the ice at the Amundesen-Scott South Pole Station, America's scientific research station at the South Pole. Aviation fuel turns to a gel at 60 degrees below zero. Yet, the Polie's volunteer to return year after year. The work, the connection to each other and the challenge of mastering living in total isolation is just right for them.

Over the past few days I have been listening to and watching the news releases from SpaceX and NASA as the launch and docking progressed. Listening to Elon Musk describe the accomplishment I understood, this is a Goldilocks moment for him. Not only has he accomplished what no other aerospace company has, he is looking to increase the challenge for himself and his company. He will soon begin the process of getting the Dragon capsule certified to carry humans to the ISS and eventually to commercial space stations. He and Robert Bigelow announced last month, they have signed an agreement to launch Bigelow Aerospace inflatable habitats to low earth orbit in 2015.

Why are we going to space? Why do people fight the fire in the Gila, why do people volunteer to keep the scientists alive at the South Pole? Humans are hard to figure out. Some students in our schools are developing mastery at chess, or playing the violin, some are mastering fire fighting.

When the founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk, spoke at the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight in 2007, he described two things that motivated him. He wanted to re-start the launch industry in our country, and he wanted to impact humanity on the geologic scale.

How hard those tasks seemed to me at the time. How can anyone set those challenges up for himself? He had already co-founded PayPal, sold it and was building his own rocket manufacturing plant. He was thirty five at the time. Yet, I know thousands of people in Las Cruces are developing mastery possibly writing plays or perfecting a new chile at NMSU.
Last Saturday, NASA Commercial Crew and Cargo manager Alan Lindenmoyer described his first encounter with Elon. He knew Elon had a conviction, that he and SpaceX were committed to do what it took to deliver access to space for the United States. NASA discovered the Goldilocks tasks working with SpaceX. They did not set too many requirements, nor did they back away from holding the company accountable. NASA paid for results only.

There is great purpose at work here. The United States will soon have the ability to once again deliver and return astronauts safely from space. There are many hostile environments right here on earth. We still can't get people who winterover off the ice at the Amundesen-Scott South Pole Station, America's scientific research station at the South Pole. Aviation fuel turns to a gel at 60 degrees below zero. Yet, the Polie's volunteer to return year after year. The work, the connection to each other and the challenge of mastering living in total isolation is just right for them.

Over the past few days I have been listening to and watching the news releases from SpaceX and NASA as the launch and docking progressed. Listening to Elon Musk describe the accomplishment I understood, this is a Goldilocks moment for him. Not only has he accomplished what no other aerospace company has, he is looking to increase the challenge for himself and his company. He will soon begin the process of getting the Dragon capsule certified to carry humans to the ISS and eventually to commercial space stations. He and Robert Bigelow announced last month, they have signed an agreement to launch Bigelow Aerospace inflatable habitats to low earth orbit in 2015.

Why are we going to space? Why do people fight the fire in the Gila, why do people volunteer to keep the scientists alive at the South Pole? Humans are hard to figure out. Some students in our schools are developing mastery at chess, or playing the violin, some are mastering fire fighting.

When the founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk, spoke at the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight in 2007, he described two things that motivated him. He wanted to re-start the launch industry in our country, and he wanted to impact humanity on the geologic scale.

How hard those tasks seemed to me at the time. How can anyone set those challenges up for himself? He had already co-founded PayPal, sold it and was building his own rocket manufacturing plant. He was thirty five at the time. Yet, I know thousands of people in Las Cruces are developing mastery possibly writing plays or perfecting a new chile at NMSU.
Last Saturday, NASA Commercial Crew and Cargo manager Alan Lindenmoyer described his first encounter with Elon. He knew Elon had a conviction, that he and SpaceX were committed to do what it took to deliver access to space for the United States. NASA discovered the Goldilocks tasks working with SpaceX. They did not set too many requirements, nor did they back away from holding the company accountable. NASA paid for results only.

There is great purpose at work here. The United States will soon have the ability to once again deliver and return astronauts safely from space. There are many hostile environments right here on earth. We still can't get people who winterover off the ice at the Amundesen-Scott South Pole Station, America's scientific research station at the South Pole. Aviation fuel turns to a gel at 60 degrees below zero. Yet, the Polie's volunteer to return year after year. The work, the connection to each other and the challenge of mastering living in total isolation is just right for them.

Over the past few days I have been listening to and watching the news releases from SpaceX and NASA as the launch and docking progressed. Listening to Elon Musk describe the accomplishment I understood, this is a Goldilocks moment for him. Not only has he accomplished what no other aerospace company has, he is looking to increase the challenge for himself and his company. He will soon begin the process of getting the Dragon capsule certified to carry humans to the ISS and eventually to commercial space stations. He and Robert Bigelow announced last month, they have signed an agreement to launch Bigelow Aerospace inflatable habitats to low earth orbit in 2015.

Why are we going to space? Why do people fight the fire in the Gila, why do people volunteer to keep the scientists alive at the South Pole? Humans are hard to figure out. Some students in our schools are developing mastery at chess, or playing the violin, some are mastering fire fighting.

When the founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk, spoke at the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight in 2007, he described two things that motivated him. He wanted to re-start the launch industry in our country, and he wanted to impact humanity on the geologic scale.

How hard those tasks seemed to me at the time. How can anyone set those challenges up for himself? He had already co-founded PayPal, sold it and was building his own rocket manufacturing plant. He was thirty five at the time. Yet, I know thousands of people in Las Cruces are developing mastery possibly writing plays or perfecting a new chile at NMSU.
Last Saturday, NASA Commercial Crew and Cargo manager Alan Lindenmoyer described his first encounter with Elon. He knew Elon had a conviction, that he and SpaceX were committed to do what it took to deliver access to space for the United States. NASA discovered the Goldilocks tasks working with SpaceX. They did not set too many requirements, nor did they back away from holding the company accountable. NASA paid for results only.

There is great purpose at work here. The United States will soon have the ability to once again deliver and return astronauts safely from space. There are many hostile environments right here on earth. We still can't get people who winterover off the ice at the Amundesen-Scott South Pole Station, America's scientific research station at the South Pole. Aviation fuel turns to a gel at 60 degrees below zero. Yet, the Polie's volunteer to return year after year. The work, the connection to each other and the challenge of mastering living in total isolation is just right for them.

Over the past few days I have been listening to and watching the news releases from SpaceX and NASA as the launch and docking progressed. Listening to Elon Musk describe the accomplishment I understood, this is a Goldilocks moment for him. Not only has he accomplished what no other aerospace company has, he is looking to increase the challenge for himself and his company. He will soon begin the process of getting the Dragon capsule certified to carry humans to the ISS and eventually to commercial space stations. He and Robert Bigelow announced last month, they have signed an agreement to launch Bigelow Aerospace inflatable habitats to low earth orbit in 2015.

Why are we going to space? Why do people fight the fire in the Gila, why do people volunteer to keep the scientists alive at the South Pole? Humans are hard to figure out. Some students in our schools are developing mastery at chess, or playing the violin, some are mastering fire fighting.

When the founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk, spoke at the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight in 2007, he described two things that motivated him. He wanted to re-start the launch industry in our country, and he wanted to impact humanity on the geologic scale.

How hard those tasks seemed to me at the time. How can anyone set those challenges up for himself? He had already co-founded PayPal, sold it and was building his own rocket manufacturing plant. He was thirty five at the time. Yet, I know thousands of people in Las Cruces are developing mastery possibly writing plays or perfecting a new chile at NMSU.
Last Saturday, NASA Commercial Crew and Cargo manager Alan Lindenmoyer described his first encounter with Elon. He knew Elon had a conviction, that he and SpaceX were committed to do what it took to deliver access to space for the United States. NASA discovered the Goldilocks tasks working with SpaceX. They did not set too many requirements, nor did they back away from holding the company accountable. NASA paid for results only.

There is great purpose at work here. The United States will soon have the ability to once again deliver and return astronauts safely from space. There are many hostile environments right here on earth. We still can't get people who winterover off the ice at the Amundesen-Scott South Pole Station, America's scientific research station at the South Pole. Aviation fuel turns to a gel at 60 degrees below zero. Yet, the Polie's volunteer to return year after year. The work, the connection to each other and the challenge of mastering living in total isolation is just right for them.

Over the past few days I have been listening to and watching the news releases from SpaceX and NASA as the launch and docking progressed. Listening to Elon Musk describe the accomplishment I understood, this is a Goldilocks moment for him. Not only has he accomplished what no other aerospace company has, he is looking to increase the challenge for himself and his company. He will soon begin the process of getting the Dragon capsule certified to carry humans to the ISS and eventually to commercial space stations. He and Robert Bigelow announced last month, they have signed an agreement to launch Bigelow Aerospace inflatable habitats to low earth orbit in 2015.

Why are we going to space? Why do people fight the fire in the Gila, why do people volunteer to keep the scientists alive at the South Pole? Humans are hard to figure out. Some students in our schools are developing mastery at chess, or playing the violin, some are mastering fire fighting.

When the founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk, spoke at the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight in 2007, he described two things that motivated him. He wanted to re-start the launch industry in our country, and he wanted to impact humanity on the geologic scale.

How hard those tasks seemed to me at the time. How can anyone set those challenges up for himself? He had already co-founded PayPal, sold it and was building his own rocket manufacturing plant. He was thirty five at the time. Yet, I know thousands of people in Las Cruces are developing mastery possibly writing plays or perfecting a new chile at NMSU.
Last Saturday, NASA Commercial Crew and Cargo manager Alan Lindenmoyer described his first encounter with Elon. He knew Elon had a conviction, that he and SpaceX were committed to do what it took to deliver access to space for the United States. NASA discovered the Goldilocks tasks working with SpaceX. They did not set too many requirements, nor did they back away from holding the company accountable. NASA paid for results only.

There is great purpose at work here. The United States will soon have the ability to once again deliver and return astronauts safely from space. There are many hostile environments right here on earth. We still can't get people who winterover off the ice at the Amundesen-Scott South Pole Station, America's scientific research station at the South Pole. Aviation fuel turns to a gel at 60 degrees below zero. Yet, the Polie's volunteer to return year after year. The work, the connection to each other and the challenge of mastering living in total isolation is just right for them.

Over the past few days I have been listening to and watching the news releases from SpaceX and NASA as the launch and docking progressed. Listening to Elon Musk describe the accomplishment I understood, this is a Goldilocks moment for him. Not only has he accomplished what no other aerospace company has, he is looking to increase the challenge for himself and his company. He will soon begin the process of getting the Dragon capsule certified to carry humans to the ISS and eventually to commercial space stations. He and Robert Bigelow announced last month, they have signed an agreement to launch Bigelow Aerospace inflatable habitats to low earth orbit in 2015.

Why are we going to space? Why do people fight the fire in the Gila, why do people volunteer to keep the scientists alive at the South Pole? Humans are hard to figure out. Some students in our schools are developing mastery at chess, or playing the violin, some are mastering fire fighting.

When the founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk, spoke at the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight in 2007, he described two things that motivated him. He wanted to re-start the launch industry in our country, and he wanted to impact humanity on the geologic scale.

How hard those tasks seemed to me at the time. How can anyone set those challenges up for himself? He had already co-founded PayPal, sold it and was building his own rocket manufacturing plant. He was thirty five at the time. Yet, I know thousands of people in Las Cruces are developing mastery possibly writing plays or perfecting a new chile at NMSU.
Last Saturday, NASA Commercial Crew and Cargo manager Alan Lindenmoyer described his first encounter with Elon. He knew Elon had a conviction, that he and SpaceX were committed to do what it took to deliver access to space for the United States. NASA discovered the Goldilocks tasks working with SpaceX. They did not set too many requirements, nor did they back away from holding the company accountable. NASA paid for results only.

There is great purpose at work here. The United States will soon have the ability to once again deliver and return astronauts safely from space. There are many hostile environments right here on earth. We still can't get people who winterover off the ice at the Amundesen-Scott South Pole Station, America's scientific research station at the South Pole. Aviation fuel turns to a gel at 60 degrees below zero. Yet, the Polie's volunteer to return year after year. The work, the connection to each other and the challenge of mastering living in total isolation is just right for them.

Over the past few days I have been listening to and watching the news releases from SpaceX and NASA as the launch and docking progressed. Listening to Elon Musk describe the accomplishment I understood, this is a Goldilocks moment for him. Not only has he accomplished what no other aerospace company has, he is looking to increase the challenge for himself and his company. He will soon begin the process of getting the Dragon capsule certified to carry humans to the ISS and eventually to commercial space stations. He and Robert Bigelow announced last month, they have signed an agreement to launch Bigelow Aerospace inflatable habitats to low earth orbit in 2015.

Why are we going to space? Why do people fight the fire in the Gila, why do people volunteer to keep the scientists alive at the South Pole? Humans are hard to figure out. Some students in our schools are developing mastery at chess, or playing the violin, some are mastering fire fighting.

When the founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk, spoke at the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight in 2007, he described two things that motivated him. He wanted to re-start the launch industry in our country, and he wanted to impact humanity on the geologic scale.

How hard those tasks seemed to me at the time. How can anyone set those challenges up for himself? He had already co-founded PayPal, sold it and was building his own rocket manufacturing plant. He was thirty five at the time. Yet, I know thousands of people in Las Cruces are developing mastery possibly writing plays or perfecting a new chile at NMSU.
Last Saturday, NASA Commercial Crew and Cargo manager Alan Lindenmoyer described his first encounter with Elon. He knew Elon had a conviction, that he and SpaceX were committed to do what it took to deliver access to space for the United States. NASA discovered the Goldilocks tasks working with SpaceX. They did not set too many requirements, nor did they back away from holding the company accountable. NASA paid for results only.

There is great purpose at work here. The United States will soon have the ability to once again deliver and return astronauts safely from space. There are many hostile environments right here on earth. We still can't get people who winterover off the ice at the Amundesen-Scott South Pole Station, America's scientific research station at the South Pole. Aviation fuel turns to a gel at 60 degrees below zero. Yet, the Polie's volunteer to return year after year. The work, the connection to each other and the challenge of mastering living in total isolation is just right for them.

Over the past few days I have been listening to and watching the news releases from SpaceX and NASA as the launch and docking progressed. Listening to Elon Musk describe the accomplishment I understood, this is a Goldilocks moment for him. Not only has he accomplished what no other aerospace company has, he is looking to increase the challenge for himself and his company. He will soon begin the process of getting the Dragon capsule certified to carry humans to the ISS and eventually to commercial space stations. He and Robert Bigelow announced last month, they have signed an agreement to launch Bigelow Aerospace inflatable habitats to low earth orbit in 2015.

Why are we going to space? Why do people fight the fire in the Gila, why do people volunteer to keep the scientists alive at the South Pole? Humans are hard to figure out. Some students in our schools are developing mastery at chess, or playing the violin, some are mastering fire fighting.

When the founder of SpaceX, Elon Musk, spoke at the International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight in 2007, he described two things that motivated him. He wanted to re-start the launch industry in our country, and he wanted to impact humanity on the geologic scale.

How hard those tasks seemed to me at the time. How can anyone set those challenges up for himself? He had already co-founded PayPal, sold it and was building his own rocket manufacturing plant. He was thirty five at the time. Yet, I know thousands of people in Las Cruces are developing mastery possibly writing plays or perfecting a new chile at NMSU.
Last Saturday, NASA Commercial Crew and Cargo manager Alan Lindenmoyer described his first encounter with Elon. He knew Elon had a conviction, that he and SpaceX were committed to do what it took to deliver access to space for the United States. NASA discovered the Goldilocks tasks working with SpaceX. They did not set too many requirements, nor did they back away from holding the company accountable. NASA paid for results only.

There is great purpose at work here. The United States will soon have the ability to once again deliver and return astronauts safely from space. There are many hostile environments right here on earth. We still can't get people who winterover off the ice at the Amundesen-Scott South Pole Station, America's scientific research station at the South Pole. Aviation fuel turns to a gel at 60 degrees below zero. Yet, the Polie's volunteer to return year after year. The work, the connection to each other and the challenge of mastering living in total isolation is just right for them.

Watching this landing will be a nail biter like watching Olympic competitions. The inspiring stories of the athletes set a context as I settled in to watch the competitions. There are inspiring stories behind this current Mars mission and common themes, like competition, preparation, precision execution, and beauty.

This Mars mission is part of the extraordinary NASA program, led by Olympians in their own realm of competition. The Mars Exploration program is full of behind the scenes competitions, winners and losers. From people at NASA to advocates on Capitol Hill, thousands of people including scientists and engineers, have trained for this landing for over 10 years. There were multiple global competitions leading up to the landing for this rover and its' instruments. Funding for deep space research has been minimal for many years. Hence, critical competitions assured the best instruments, most capable launcher, and the most precise guidance systems were on board to stick the landing of this rover exactly where it is supposed to be.

Athletes from across the globe were pretty sure they would land in London in plenty of time to participate in the Opening Ceremony on July 29th. Assuming a landing date of August 5th, the journey for the Mars Science Lab and the Curiosity Rover started 8 months and 10 days ago. Like the Olympics, there was a global competition to choose the site for the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the site for the Rover landing. There was an international series of workshops to evaluate the competing sites for where the rover would land. Based on previous knowledge gained from the rovers Spirit and Opportunity, the scientists decided they wanted to land at the base of the Gale Crater.

If you have been watching the synchronized diving competitions, you saw the athletes had to have perfect paired timing as they hit the diving board to start their dive. As they approached the water, they had to adjust mid-dive to enter the water at the perfect vertical angle. Perfection timing and navigational guidance systems are necessary for this rover to hit its landing site perfectly. And like Olympians, the vehicle has to be prepared for its journey. All instruments had to be built, tested, and tucked onto the 15 foot wide lab/rover called Curiosity.

Previous Mars missions have increased accuracy of navigational systems on the Atlas5 rocket propelling the Curiosity Rover to the Gale Crater over 127 million miles away. The Atlas 5 perfectly inserted the spacecraft into orbit for its journey to Mars. This same rocket was chosen by NASA on Friday, August 3rd to be the launch system for the Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser and the Boeing CST 100 Capsule. They are among the winning competitors that will send American astronauts to another laboratory, the International Space Station.

Over 100 scientists examined 12 candidate sites before Gale Crater on Mars was selected. The minerals in the mountain in the middle of the Crater may hold keys to understanding whether organic material existed on Mars in the past. It is known Mars was covered with water initially similar to the chemical composition of water on earth today. Where there is water there may have been life. Over the past three billion years, the water on Mars acidified and eventually evaporated. By examining the sedimentary layers of the mountain in Gale Crater using the onboard instruments, scientists will learn about the chemical composition of Martian minerals.

Competitions were held in 2004 to determine which instruments got to go to Mars. Take a moment and think about the competitions every step along the way for this mission. Each time there was a decision of major importance to be made, NASA leadership had to focus, what is the mission and how are we best able to accomplish this mission? Focus, dedication and a driving goal to achieve. As I listen to the Olympians and their stories, and the story of this last major Martian mission, both have left me inspired.

Watching this landing will be a nail biter like watching Olympic competitions. The inspiring stories of the athletes set a context as I settled in to watch the competitions. There are inspiring stories behind this current Mars mission and common themes, like competition, preparation, precision execution, and beauty.

This Mars mission is part of the extraordinary NASA program, led by Olympians in their own realm of competition. The Mars Exploration program is full of behind the scenes competitions, winners and losers. From people at NASA to advocates on Capitol Hill, thousands of people including scientists and engineers, have trained for this landing for over 10 years. There were multiple global competitions leading up to the landing for this rover and its' instruments. Funding for deep space research has been minimal for many years. Hence, critical competitions assured the best instruments, most capable launcher, and the most precise guidance systems were on board to stick the landing of this rover exactly where it is supposed to be.

Athletes from across the globe were pretty sure they would land in London in plenty of time to participate in the Opening Ceremony on July 29th. Assuming a landing date of August 5th, the journey for the Mars Science Lab and the Curiosity Rover started 8 months and 10 days ago. Like the Olympics, there was a global competition to choose the site for the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the site for the Rover landing. There was an international series of workshops to evaluate the competing sites for where the rover would land. Based on previous knowledge gained from the rovers Spirit and Opportunity, the scientists decided they wanted to land at the base of the Gale Crater.

If you have been watching the synchronized diving competitions, you saw the athletes had to have perfect paired timing as they hit the diving board to start their dive. As they approached the water, they had to adjust mid-dive to enter the water at the perfect vertical angle. Perfection timing and navigational guidance systems are necessary for this rover to hit its landing site perfectly. And like Olympians, the vehicle has to be prepared for its journey. All instruments had to be built, tested, and tucked onto the 15 foot wide lab/rover called Curiosity.

Previous Mars missions have increased accuracy of navigational systems on the Atlas5 rocket propelling the Curiosity Rover to the Gale Crater over 127 million miles away. The Atlas 5 perfectly inserted the spacecraft into orbit for its journey to Mars. This same rocket was chosen by NASA on Friday, August 3rd to be the launch system for the Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser and the Boeing CST 100 Capsule. They are among the winning competitors that will send American astronauts to another laboratory, the International Space Station.

Over 100 scientists examined 12 candidate sites before Gale Crater on Mars was selected. The minerals in the mountain in the middle of the Crater may hold keys to understanding whether organic material existed on Mars in the past. It is known Mars was covered with water initially similar to the chemical composition of water on earth today. Where there is water there may have been life. Over the past three billion years, the water on Mars acidified and eventually evaporated. By examining the sedimentary layers of the mountain in Gale Crater using the onboard instruments, scientists will learn about the chemical composition of Martian minerals.

Competitions were held in 2004 to determine which instruments got to go to Mars. Take a moment and think about the competitions every step along the way for this mission. Each time there was a decision of major importance to be made, NASA leadership had to focus, what is the mission and how are we best able to accomplish this mission? Focus, dedication and a driving goal to achieve. As I listen to the Olympians and their stories, and the story of this last major Martian mission, both have left me inspired.

Watching this landing will be a nail biter like watching Olympic competitions. The inspiring stories of the athletes set a context as I settled in to watch the competitions. There are inspiring stories behind this current Mars mission and common themes, like competition, preparation, precision execution, and beauty.

This Mars mission is part of the extraordinary NASA program, led by Olympians in their own realm of competition. The Mars Exploration program is full of behind the scenes competitions, winners and losers. From people at NASA to advocates on Capitol Hill, thousands of people including scientists and engineers, have trained for this landing for over 10 years. There were multiple global competitions leading up to the landing for this rover and its' instruments. Funding for deep space research has been minimal for many years. Hence, critical competitions assured the best instruments, most capable launcher, and the most precise guidance systems were on board to stick the landing of this rover exactly where it is supposed to be.

Athletes from across the globe were pretty sure they would land in London in plenty of time to participate in the Opening Ceremony on July 29th. Assuming a landing date of August 5th, the journey for the Mars Science Lab and the Curiosity Rover started 8 months and 10 days ago. Like the Olympics, there was a global competition to choose the site for the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the site for the Rover landing. There was an international series of workshops to evaluate the competing sites for where the rover would land. Based on previous knowledge gained from the rovers Spirit and Opportunity, the scientists decided they wanted to land at the base of the Gale Crater.

If you have been watching the synchronized diving competitions, you saw the athletes had to have perfect paired timing as they hit the diving board to start their dive. As they approached the water, they had to adjust mid-dive to enter the water at the perfect vertical angle. Perfection timing and navigational guidance systems are necessary for this rover to hit its landing site perfectly. And like Olympians, the vehicle has to be prepared for its journey. All instruments had to be built, tested, and tucked onto the 15 foot wide lab/rover called Curiosity.

Previous Mars missions have increased accuracy of navigational systems on the Atlas5 rocket propelling the Curiosity Rover to the Gale Crater over 127 million miles away. The Atlas 5 perfectly inserted the spacecraft into orbit for its journey to Mars. This same rocket was chosen by NASA on Friday, August 3rd to be the launch system for the Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser and the Boeing CST 100 Capsule. They are among the winning competitors that will send American astronauts to another laboratory, the International Space Station.

Over 100 scientists examined 12 candidate sites before Gale Crater on Mars was selected. The minerals in the mountain in the middle of the Crater may hold keys to understanding whether organic material existed on Mars in the past. It is known Mars was covered with water initially similar to the chemical composition of water on earth today. Where there is water there may have been life. Over the past three billion years, the water on Mars acidified and eventually evaporated. By examining the sedimentary layers of the mountain in Gale Crater using the onboard instruments, scientists will learn about the chemical composition of Martian minerals.

Competitions were held in 2004 to determine which instruments got to go to Mars. Take a moment and think about the competitions every step along the way for this mission. Each time there was a decision of major importance to be made, NASA leadership had to focus, what is the mission and how are we best able to accomplish this mission? Focus, dedication and a driving goal to achieve. As I listen to the Olympians and their stories, and the story of this last major Martian mission, both have left me inspired.

Watching this landing will be a nail biter like watching Olympic competitions. The inspiring stories of the athletes set a context as I settled in to watch the competitions. There are inspiring stories behind this current Mars mission and common themes, like competition, preparation, precision execution, and beauty.

This Mars mission is part of the extraordinary NASA program, led by Olympians in their own realm of competition. The Mars Exploration program is full of behind the scenes competitions, winners and losers. From people at NASA to advocates on Capitol Hill, thousands of people including scientists and engineers, have trained for this landing for over 10 years. There were multiple global competitions leading up to the landing for this rover and its' instruments. Funding for deep space research has been minimal for many years. Hence, critical competitions assured the best instruments, most capable launcher, and the most precise guidance systems were on board to stick the landing of this rover exactly where it is supposed to be.

Athletes from across the globe were pretty sure they would land in London in plenty of time to participate in the Opening Ceremony on July 29th. Assuming a landing date of August 5th, the journey for the Mars Science Lab and the Curiosity Rover started 8 months and 10 days ago. Like the Olympics, there was a global competition to choose the site for the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the site for the Rover landing. There was an international series of workshops to evaluate the competing sites for where the rover would land. Based on previous knowledge gained from the rovers Spirit and Opportunity, the scientists decided they wanted to land at the base of the Gale Crater.

If you have been watching the synchronized diving competitions, you saw the athletes had to have perfect paired timing as they hit the diving board to start their dive. As they approached the water, they had to adjust mid-dive to enter the water at the perfect vertical angle. Perfection timing and navigational guidance systems are necessary for this rover to hit its landing site perfectly. And like Olympians, the vehicle has to be prepared for its journey. All instruments had to be built, tested, and tucked onto the 15 foot wide lab/rover called Curiosity.

Previous Mars missions have increased accuracy of navigational systems on the Atlas5 rocket propelling the Curiosity Rover to the Gale Crater over 127 million miles away. The Atlas 5 perfectly inserted the spacecraft into orbit for its journey to Mars. This same rocket was chosen by NASA on Friday, August 3rd to be the launch system for the Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser and the Boeing CST 100 Capsule. They are among the winning competitors that will send American astronauts to another laboratory, the International Space Station.

Over 100 scientists examined 12 candidate sites before Gale Crater on Mars was selected. The minerals in the mountain in the middle of the Crater may hold keys to understanding whether organic material existed on Mars in the past. It is known Mars was covered with water initially similar to the chemical composition of water on earth today. Where there is water there may have been life. Over the past three billion years, the water on Mars acidified and eventually evaporated. By examining the sedimentary layers of the mountain in Gale Crater using the onboard instruments, scientists will learn about the chemical composition of Martian minerals.

Competitions were held in 2004 to determine which instruments got to go to Mars. Take a moment and think about the competitions every step along the way for this mission. Each time there was a decision of major importance to be made, NASA leadership had to focus, what is the mission and how are we best able to accomplish this mission? Focus, dedication and a driving goal to achieve. As I listen to the Olympians and their stories, and the story of this last major Martian mission, both have left me inspired.

Watching this landing will be a nail biter like watching Olympic competitions. The inspiring stories of the athletes set a context as I settled in to watch the competitions. There are inspiring stories behind this current Mars mission and common themes, like competition, preparation, precision execution, and beauty.

This Mars mission is part of the extraordinary NASA program, led by Olympians in their own realm of competition. The Mars Exploration program is full of behind the scenes competitions, winners and losers. From people at NASA to advocates on Capitol Hill, thousands of people including scientists and engineers, have trained for this landing for over 10 years. There were multiple global competitions leading up to the landing for this rover and its' instruments. Funding for deep space research has been minimal for many years. Hence, critical competitions assured the best instruments, most capable launcher, and the most precise guidance systems were on board to stick the landing of this rover exactly where it is supposed to be.

Athletes from across the globe were pretty sure they would land in London in plenty of time to participate in the Opening Ceremony on July 29th. Assuming a landing date of August 5th, the journey for the Mars Science Lab and the Curiosity Rover started 8 months and 10 days ago. Like the Olympics, there was a global competition to choose the site for the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the site for the Rover landing. There was an international series of workshops to evaluate the competing sites for where the rover would land. Based on previous knowledge gained from the rovers Spirit and Opportunity, the scientists decided they wanted to land at the base of the Gale Crater.

If you have been watching the synchronized diving competitions, you saw the athletes had to have perfect paired timing as they hit the diving board to start their dive. As they approached the water, they had to adjust mid-dive to enter the water at the perfect vertical angle. Perfection timing and navigational guidance systems are necessary for this rover to hit its landing site perfectly. And like Olympians, the vehicle has to be prepared for its journey. All instruments had to be built, tested, and tucked onto the 15 foot wide lab/rover called Curiosity.

Previous Mars missions have increased accuracy of navigational systems on the Atlas5 rocket propelling the Curiosity Rover to the Gale Crater over 127 million miles away. The Atlas 5 perfectly inserted the spacecraft into orbit for its journey to Mars. This same rocket was chosen by NASA on Friday, August 3rd to be the launch system for the Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser and the Boeing CST 100 Capsule. They are among the winning competitors that will send American astronauts to another laboratory, the International Space Station.

Over 100 scientists examined 12 candidate sites before Gale Crater on Mars was selected. The minerals in the mountain in the middle of the Crater may hold keys to understanding whether organic material existed on Mars in the past. It is known Mars was covered with water initially similar to the chemical composition of water on earth today. Where there is water there may have been life. Over the past three billion years, the water on Mars acidified and eventually evaporated. By examining the sedimentary layers of the mountain in Gale Crater using the onboard instruments, scientists will learn about the chemical composition of Martian minerals.

Competitions were held in 2004 to determine which instruments got to go to Mars. Take a moment and think about the competitions every step along the way for this mission. Each time there was a decision of major importance to be made, NASA leadership had to focus, what is the mission and how are we best able to accomplish this mission? Focus, dedication and a driving goal to achieve. As I listen to the Olympians and their stories, and the story of this last major Martian mission, both have left me inspired.

Watching this landing will be a nail biter like watching Olympic competitions. The inspiring stories of the athletes set a context as I settled in to watch the competitions. There are inspiring stories behind this current Mars mission and common themes, like competition, preparation, precision execution, and beauty.

This Mars mission is part of the extraordinary NASA program, led by Olympians in their own realm of competition. The Mars Exploration program is full of behind the scenes competitions, winners and losers. From people at NASA to advocates on Capitol Hill, thousands of people including scientists and engineers, have trained for this landing for over 10 years. There were multiple global competitions leading up to the landing for this rover and its' instruments. Funding for deep space research has been minimal for many years. Hence, critical competitions assured the best instruments, most capable launcher, and the most precise guidance systems were on board to stick the landing of this rover exactly where it is supposed to be.

Athletes from across the globe were pretty sure they would land in London in plenty of time to participate in the Opening Ceremony on July 29th. Assuming a landing date of August 5th, the journey for the Mars Science Lab and the Curiosity Rover started 8 months and 10 days ago. Like the Olympics, there was a global competition to choose the site for the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the site for the Rover landing. There was an international series of workshops to evaluate the competing sites for where the rover would land. Based on previous knowledge gained from the rovers Spirit and Opportunity, the scientists decided they wanted to land at the base of the Gale Crater.

If you have been watching the synchronized diving competitions, you saw the athletes had to have perfect paired timing as they hit the diving board to start their dive. As they approached the water, they had to adjust mid-dive to enter the water at the perfect vertical angle. Perfection timing and navigational guidance systems are necessary for this rover to hit its landing site perfectly. And like Olympians, the vehicle has to be prepared for its journey. All instruments had to be built, tested, and tucked onto the 15 foot wide lab/rover called Curiosity.

Previous Mars missions have increased accuracy of navigational systems on the Atlas5 rocket propelling the Curiosity Rover to the Gale Crater over 127 million miles away. The Atlas 5 perfectly inserted the spacecraft into orbit for its journey to Mars. This same rocket was chosen by NASA on Friday, August 3rd to be the launch system for the Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser and the Boeing CST 100 Capsule. They are among the winning competitors that will send American astronauts to another laboratory, the International Space Station.

Over 100 scientists examined 12 candidate sites before Gale Crater on Mars was selected. The minerals in the mountain in the middle of the Crater may hold keys to understanding whether organic material existed on Mars in the past. It is known Mars was covered with water initially similar to the chemical composition of water on earth today. Where there is water there may have been life. Over the past three billion years, the water on Mars acidified and eventually evaporated. By examining the sedimentary layers of the mountain in Gale Crater using the onboard instruments, scientists will learn about the chemical composition of Martian minerals.

Competitions were held in 2004 to determine which instruments got to go to Mars. Take a moment and think about the competitions every step along the way for this mission. Each time there was a decision of major importance to be made, NASA leadership had to focus, what is the mission and how are we best able to accomplish this mission? Focus, dedication and a driving goal to achieve. As I listen to the Olympians and their stories, and the story of this last major Martian mission, both have left me inspired.

Watching this landing will be a nail biter like watching Olympic competitions. The inspiring stories of the athletes set a context as I settled in to watch the competitions. There are inspiring stories behind this current Mars mission and common themes, like competition, preparation, precision execution, and beauty.

This Mars mission is part of the extraordinary NASA program, led by Olympians in their own realm of competition. The Mars Exploration program is full of behind the scenes competitions, winners and losers. From people at NASA to advocates on Capitol Hill, thousands of people including scientists and engineers, have trained for this landing for over 10 years. There were multiple global competitions leading up to the landing for this rover and its' instruments. Funding for deep space research has been minimal for many years. Hence, critical competitions assured the best instruments, most capable launcher, and the most precise guidance systems were on board to stick the landing of this rover exactly where it is supposed to be.

Athletes from across the globe were pretty sure they would land in London in plenty of time to participate in the Opening Ceremony on July 29th. Assuming a landing date of August 5th, the journey for the Mars Science Lab and the Curiosity Rover started 8 months and 10 days ago. Like the Olympics, there was a global competition to choose the site for the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the site for the Rover landing. There was an international series of workshops to evaluate the competing sites for where the rover would land. Based on previous knowledge gained from the rovers Spirit and Opportunity, the scientists decided they wanted to land at the base of the Gale Crater.

If you have been watching the synchronized diving competitions, you saw the athletes had to have perfect paired timing as they hit the diving board to start their dive. As they approached the water, they had to adjust mid-dive to enter the water at the perfect vertical angle. Perfection timing and navigational guidance systems are necessary for this rover to hit its landing site perfectly. And like Olympians, the vehicle has to be prepared for its journey. All instruments had to be built, tested, and tucked onto the 15 foot wide lab/rover called Curiosity.

Previous Mars missions have increased accuracy of navigational systems on the Atlas5 rocket propelling the Curiosity Rover to the Gale Crater over 127 million miles away. The Atlas 5 perfectly inserted the spacecraft into orbit for its journey to Mars. This same rocket was chosen by NASA on Friday, August 3rd to be the launch system for the Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser and the Boeing CST 100 Capsule. They are among the winning competitors that will send American astronauts to another laboratory, the International Space Station.

Over 100 scientists examined 12 candidate sites before Gale Crater on Mars was selected. The minerals in the mountain in the middle of the Crater may hold keys to understanding whether organic material existed on Mars in the past. It is known Mars was covered with water initially similar to the chemical composition of water on earth today. Where there is water there may have been life. Over the past three billion years, the water on Mars acidified and eventually evaporated. By examining the sedimentary layers of the mountain in Gale Crater using the onboard instruments, scientists will learn about the chemical composition of Martian minerals.

Competitions were held in 2004 to determine which instruments got to go to Mars. Take a moment and think about the competitions every step along the way for this mission. Each time there was a decision of major importance to be made, NASA leadership had to focus, what is the mission and how are we best able to accomplish this mission? Focus, dedication and a driving goal to achieve. As I listen to the Olympians and their stories, and the story of this last major Martian mission, both have left me inspired.

Watching this landing will be a nail biter like watching Olympic competitions. The inspiring stories of the athletes set a context as I settled in to watch the competitions. There are inspiring stories behind this current Mars mission and common themes, like competition, preparation, precision execution, and beauty.

This Mars mission is part of the extraordinary NASA program, led by Olympians in their own realm of competition. The Mars Exploration program is full of behind the scenes competitions, winners and losers. From people at NASA to advocates on Capitol Hill, thousands of people including scientists and engineers, have trained for this landing for over 10 years. There were multiple global competitions leading up to the landing for this rover and its' instruments. Funding for deep space research has been minimal for many years. Hence, critical competitions assured the best instruments, most capable launcher, and the most precise guidance systems were on board to stick the landing of this rover exactly where it is supposed to be.

Athletes from across the globe were pretty sure they would land in London in plenty of time to participate in the Opening Ceremony on July 29th. Assuming a landing date of August 5th, the journey for the Mars Science Lab and the Curiosity Rover started 8 months and 10 days ago. Like the Olympics, there was a global competition to choose the site for the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the site for the Rover landing. There was an international series of workshops to evaluate the competing sites for where the rover would land. Based on previous knowledge gained from the rovers Spirit and Opportunity, the scientists decided they wanted to land at the base of the Gale Crater.

If you have been watching the synchronized diving competitions, you saw the athletes had to have perfect paired timing as they hit the diving board to start their dive. As they approached the water, they had to adjust mid-dive to enter the water at the perfect vertical angle. Perfection timing and navigational guidance systems are necessary for this rover to hit its landing site perfectly. And like Olympians, the vehicle has to be prepared for its journey. All instruments had to be built, tested, and tucked onto the 15 foot wide lab/rover called Curiosity.

Previous Mars missions have increased accuracy of navigational systems on the Atlas5 rocket propelling the Curiosity Rover to the Gale Crater over 127 million miles away. The Atlas 5 perfectly inserted the spacecraft into orbit for its journey to Mars. This same rocket was chosen by NASA on Friday, August 3rd to be the launch system for the Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser and the Boeing CST 100 Capsule. They are among the winning competitors that will send American astronauts to another laboratory, the International Space Station.

Over 100 scientists examined 12 candidate sites before Gale Crater on Mars was selected. The minerals in the mountain in the middle of the Crater may hold keys to understanding whether organic material existed on Mars in the past. It is known Mars was covered with water initially similar to the chemical composition of water on earth today. Where there is water there may have been life. Over the past three billion years, the water on Mars acidified and eventually evaporated. By examining the sedimentary layers of the mountain in Gale Crater using the onboard instruments, scientists will learn about the chemical composition of Martian minerals.

Competitions were held in 2004 to determine which instruments got to go to Mars. Take a moment and think about the competitions every step along the way for this mission. Each time there was a decision of major importance to be made, NASA leadership had to focus, what is the mission and how are we best able to accomplish this mission? Focus, dedication and a driving goal to achieve. As I listen to the Olympians and their stories, and the story of this last major Martian mission, both have left me inspired.

Watching this landing will be a nail biter like watching Olympic competitions. The inspiring stories of the athletes set a context as I settled in to watch the competitions. There are inspiring stories behind this current Mars mission and common themes, like competition, preparation, precision execution, and beauty.

This Mars mission is part of the extraordinary NASA program, led by Olympians in their own realm of competition. The Mars Exploration program is full of behind the scenes competitions, winners and losers. From people at NASA to advocates on Capitol Hill, thousands of people including scientists and engineers, have trained for this landing for over 10 years. There were multiple global competitions leading up to the landing for this rover and its' instruments. Funding for deep space research has been minimal for many years. Hence, critical competitions assured the best instruments, most capable launcher, and the most precise guidance systems were on board to stick the landing of this rover exactly where it is supposed to be.

Athletes from across the globe were pretty sure they would land in London in plenty of time to participate in the Opening Ceremony on July 29th. Assuming a landing date of August 5th, the journey for the Mars Science Lab and the Curiosity Rover started 8 months and 10 days ago. Like the Olympics, there was a global competition to choose the site for the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the site for the Rover landing. There was an international series of workshops to evaluate the competing sites for where the rover would land. Based on previous knowledge gained from the rovers Spirit and Opportunity, the scientists decided they wanted to land at the base of the Gale Crater.

If you have been watching the synchronized diving competitions, you saw the athletes had to have perfect paired timing as they hit the diving board to start their dive. As they approached the water, they had to adjust mid-dive to enter the water at the perfect vertical angle. Perfection timing and navigational guidance systems are necessary for this rover to hit its landing site perfectly. And like Olympians, the vehicle has to be prepared for its journey. All instruments had to be built, tested, and tucked onto the 15 foot wide lab/rover called Curiosity.

Previous Mars missions have increased accuracy of navigational systems on the Atlas5 rocket propelling the Curiosity Rover to the Gale Crater over 127 million miles away. The Atlas 5 perfectly inserted the spacecraft into orbit for its journey to Mars. This same rocket was chosen by NASA on Friday, August 3rd to be the launch system for the Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser and the Boeing CST 100 Capsule. They are among the winning competitors that will send American astronauts to another laboratory, the International Space Station.

Over 100 scientists examined 12 candidate sites before Gale Crater on Mars was selected. The minerals in the mountain in the middle of the Crater may hold keys to understanding whether organic material existed on Mars in the past. It is known Mars was covered with water initially similar to the chemical composition of water on earth today. Where there is water there may have been life. Over the past three billion years, the water on Mars acidified and eventually evaporated. By examining the sedimentary layers of the mountain in Gale Crater using the onboard instruments, scientists will learn about the chemical composition of Martian minerals.

Competitions were held in 2004 to determine which instruments got to go to Mars. Take a moment and think about the competitions every step along the way for this mission. Each time there was a decision of major importance to be made, NASA leadership had to focus, what is the mission and how are we best able to accomplish this mission? Focus, dedication and a driving goal to achieve. As I listen to the Olympians and their stories, and the story of this last major Martian mission, both have left me inspired.

Watching this landing will be a nail biter like watching Olympic competitions. The inspiring stories of the athletes set a context as I settled in to watch the competitions. There are inspiring stories behind this current Mars mission and common themes, like competition, preparation, precision execution, and beauty.

This Mars mission is part of the extraordinary NASA program, led by Olympians in their own realm of competition. The Mars Exploration program is full of behind the scenes competitions, winners and losers. From people at NASA to advocates on Capitol Hill, thousands of people including scientists and engineers, have trained for this landing for over 10 years. There were multiple global competitions leading up to the landing for this rover and its' instruments. Funding for deep space research has been minimal for many years. Hence, critical competitions assured the best instruments, most capable launcher, and the most precise guidance systems were on board to stick the landing of this rover exactly where it is supposed to be.

Athletes from across the globe were pretty sure they would land in London in plenty of time to participate in the Opening Ceremony on July 29th. Assuming a landing date of August 5th, the journey for the Mars Science Lab and the Curiosity Rover started 8 months and 10 days ago. Like the Olympics, there was a global competition to choose the site for the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the site for the Rover landing. There was an international series of workshops to evaluate the competing sites for where the rover would land. Based on previous knowledge gained from the rovers Spirit and Opportunity, the scientists decided they wanted to land at the base of the Gale Crater.

If you have been watching the synchronized diving competitions, you saw the athletes had to have perfect paired timing as they hit the diving board to start their dive. As they approached the water, they had to adjust mid-dive to enter the water at the perfect vertical angle. Perfection timing and navigational guidance systems are necessary for this rover to hit its landing site perfectly. And like Olympians, the vehicle has to be prepared for its journey. All instruments had to be built, tested, and tucked onto the 15 foot wide lab/rover called Curiosity.

Previous Mars missions have increased accuracy of navigational systems on the Atlas5 rocket propelling the Curiosity Rover to the Gale Crater over 127 million miles away. The Atlas 5 perfectly inserted the spacecraft into orbit for its journey to Mars. This same rocket was chosen by NASA on Friday, August 3rd to be the launch system for the Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser and the Boeing CST 100 Capsule. They are among the winning competitors that will send American astronauts to another laboratory, the International Space Station.

Over 100 scientists examined 12 candidate sites before Gale Crater on Mars was selected. The minerals in the mountain in the middle of the Crater may hold keys to understanding whether organic material existed on Mars in the past. It is known Mars was covered with water initially similar to the chemical composition of water on earth today. Where there is water there may have been life. Over the past three billion years, the water on Mars acidified and eventually evaporated. By examining the sedimentary layers of the mountain in Gale Crater using the onboard instruments, scientists will learn about the chemical composition of Martian minerals.

Competitions were held in 2004 to determine which instruments got to go to Mars. Take a moment and think about the competitions every step along the way for this mission. Each time there was a decision of major importance to be made, NASA leadership had to focus, what is the mission and how are we best able to accomplish this mission? Focus, dedication and a driving goal to achieve. As I listen to the Olympians and their stories, and the story of this last major Martian mission, both have left me inspired.

Watching this landing will be a nail biter like watching Olympic competitions. The inspiring stories of the athletes set a context as I settled in to watch the competitions. There are inspiring stories behind this current Mars mission and common themes, like competition, preparation, precision execution, and beauty.

This Mars mission is part of the extraordinary NASA program, led by Olympians in their own realm of competition. The Mars Exploration program is full of behind the scenes competitions, winners and losers. From people at NASA to advocates on Capitol Hill, thousands of people including scientists and engineers, have trained for this landing for over 10 years. There were multiple global competitions leading up to the landing for this rover and its' instruments. Funding for deep space research has been minimal for many years. Hence, critical competitions assured the best instruments, most capable launcher, and the most precise guidance systems were on board to stick the landing of this rover exactly where it is supposed to be.

Athletes from across the globe were pretty sure they would land in London in plenty of time to participate in the Opening Ceremony on July 29th. Assuming a landing date of August 5th, the journey for the Mars Science Lab and the Curiosity Rover started 8 months and 10 days ago. Like the Olympics, there was a global competition to choose the site for the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the site for the Rover landing. There was an international series of workshops to evaluate the competing sites for where the rover would land. Based on previous knowledge gained from the rovers Spirit and Opportunity, the scientists decided they wanted to land at the base of the Gale Crater.

If you have been watching the synchronized diving competitions, you saw the athletes had to have perfect paired timing as they hit the diving board to start their dive. As they approached the water, they had to adjust mid-dive to enter the water at the perfect vertical angle. Perfection timing and navigational guidance systems are necessary for this rover to hit its landing site perfectly. And like Olympians, the vehicle has to be prepared for its journey. All instruments had to be built, tested, and tucked onto the 15 foot wide lab/rover called Curiosity.

Previous Mars missions have increased accuracy of navigational systems on the Atlas5 rocket propelling the Curiosity Rover to the Gale Crater over 127 million miles away. The Atlas 5 perfectly inserted the spacecraft into orbit for its journey to Mars. This same rocket was chosen by NASA on Friday, August 3rd to be the launch system for the Sierra Nevada Dream Chaser and the Boeing CST 100 Capsule. They are among the winning competitors that will send American astronauts to another laboratory, the International Space Station.

Over 100 scientists examined 12 candidate sites before Gale Crater on Mars was selected. The minerals in the mountain in the middle of the Crater may hold keys to understanding whether organic material existed on Mars in the past. It is known Mars was covered with water initially similar to the chemical composition of water on earth today. Where there is water there may have been life. Over the past three billion years, the water on Mars acidified and eventually evaporated. By examining the sedimentary layers of the mountain in Gale Crater using the onboard instruments, scientists will learn about the chemical composition of Martian minerals.

Competitions were held in 2004 to determine which instruments got to go to Mars. Take a moment and think about the competitions every step along the way for this mission. Each time there was a decision of major importance to be made, NASA leadership had to focus, what is the mission and how are we best able to accomplish this mission? Focus, dedication and a driving goal to achieve. As I listen to the Olympians and their stories, and the story of this last major Martian mission, both have left me inspired.

LauncherOne will be a two-stage vehicle capable of carrying up to 500 pounds (225 kilograms) to orbit for prices below $10 million. The rocket will be launched from Virgin Galactic's proven WhiteKnightTwo, the uniquely capable aircraft also designed to carry SpaceShipTwo aloft to begin her suborbital missions. Thanks to the extreme flexibility of air launch, Virgin Galactic's customers will enjoy reduced infrastructure costs in addition to the wide range of possible launch locations tailored to individual mission requirements and weather conditions." Branson and other senior executives announced that work has already begun on the vehicle.

It occurred to me humility will help me listen and look for collaborators. Granted I have ideas, one of them is to build by 2014, a Makers Lab for students and faculty. It will be necessary if we are to build experiments and satellites to take advantage of the opportunities we will have with Virgin Galactic's three vehicles that will be operating at Spaceport America. What have we accomplished? Lots actually. We have launched 68 experiments to space, with 6 more to go in October. We have accomplished the first steps.

I realize the organizational challenges are big. The public school systems, the universities and our State Legislature would have to get informed and then engaged. Space Grant can help so can others. Florida, Texas, Hawaii and Colorado have gotten their legislative bodies positioned to build capability and recruit new commercial space companies to their states, and to start licensing efforts for spaceports. They are chasing us because we have Virgin Galactic. Are they catching up? Yes, definitely. It's probably easier to hit a target when you have one. New Mexico is a target.

Florida has just announced RocketCrafters will build their research and development facilities in Titusville. Texas has recruited XCOR Aerospace research and development to Midland. Both companies wanted to work in New Mexico. New Mexico does not have the incentive money to bring these companies to our state. Richard Branson has the ability to recruit people to his companies because he is a risk taker. He is also an entrepreneur.

Public private partnerships, like the partnership with Spaceport America and Virgin Galactic, are visionary. During the LauncherOne announcement, Sir Richard introduced the customers, not only of the Virgin Galactic business, but also for the LauncherOne. LauncherOne customers included Skybox Imaging (Skybox) CEO Tom Ingersoll. Skybox is a Silicon Valley-based firm that recently announced it has raised $91 million for a high resolution imaging constellation of satellites.

Speaking at the Farnborough event, Tom Ingersoll said, "Skybox's objective is to provide world-class, affordable access to space imagery and information, and in order to do so, we need world-class, affordable access to space. Virgin Galactic is unique in having the right mix of ingredients to support our vision, as well as that of the growing small satellite community. We plan to make full use of LauncherOne." Will New Mexico make full use of LauncherOne?

Did you know, we are building small satellites at the universities in New Mexico? New Mexico Space Grant is funding some of these efforts, and now with LauncherOne, we will have access to orbit.

Humility. Physical Sciences Laboratory and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NMSU were capable of working on small satellites, and payloads, however, our capabilities are almost non-existent now. Humility. Patience. They are two sides of the same coin. Opportunity.

Richard Branson said he constantly pushes his staff to come up with new ideas. Listen to them talking about working on the Virgin Galactic project: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OOjhWNquhA&feature=youtu.be&hd=1. I realize humility, not frustration will be a motivating force for me. It will help me understand I must listen to those people who dominate a conversation; maybe, just maybe there is a Richard Branson in our midst. There has to be.

LauncherOne will be a two-stage vehicle capable of carrying up to 500 pounds (225 kilograms) to orbit for prices below $10 million. The rocket will be launched from Virgin Galactic's proven WhiteKnightTwo, the uniquely capable aircraft also designed to carry SpaceShipTwo aloft to begin her suborbital missions. Thanks to the extreme flexibility of air launch, Virgin Galactic's customers will enjoy reduced infrastructure costs in addition to the wide range of possible launch locations tailored to individual mission requirements and weather conditions." Branson and other senior executives announced that work has already begun on the vehicle.

It occurred to me humility will help me listen and look for collaborators. Granted I have ideas, one of them is to build by 2014, a Makers Lab for students and faculty. It will be necessary if we are to build experiments and satellites to take advantage of the opportunities we will have with Virgin Galactic's three vehicles that will be operating at Spaceport America. What have we accomplished? Lots actually. We have launched 68 experiments to space, with 6 more to go in October. We have accomplished the first steps.

I realize the organizational challenges are big. The public school systems, the universities and our State Legislature would have to get informed and then engaged. Space Grant can help so can others. Florida, Texas, Hawaii and Colorado have gotten their legislative bodies positioned to build capability and recruit new commercial space companies to their states, and to start licensing efforts for spaceports. They are chasing us because we have Virgin Galactic. Are they catching up? Yes, definitely. It's probably easier to hit a target when you have one. New Mexico is a target.

Florida has just announced RocketCrafters will build their research and development facilities in Titusville. Texas has recruited XCOR Aerospace research and development to Midland. Both companies wanted to work in New Mexico. New Mexico does not have the incentive money to bring these companies to our state. Richard Branson has the ability to recruit people to his companies because he is a risk taker. He is also an entrepreneur.

Public private partnerships, like the partnership with Spaceport America and Virgin Galactic, are visionary. During the LauncherOne announcement, Sir Richard introduced the customers, not only of the Virgin Galactic business, but also for the LauncherOne. LauncherOne customers included Skybox Imaging (Skybox) CEO Tom Ingersoll. Skybox is a Silicon Valley-based firm that recently announced it has raised $91 million for a high resolution imaging constellation of satellites.

Speaking at the Farnborough event, Tom Ingersoll said, "Skybox's objective is to provide world-class, affordable access to space imagery and information, and in order to do so, we need world-class, affordable access to space. Virgin Galactic is unique in having the right mix of ingredients to support our vision, as well as that of the growing small satellite community. We plan to make full use of LauncherOne." Will New Mexico make full use of LauncherOne?

Did you know, we are building small satellites at the universities in New Mexico? New Mexico Space Grant is funding some of these efforts, and now with LauncherOne, we will have access to orbit.

Humility. Physical Sciences Laboratory and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NMSU were capable of working on small satellites, and payloads, however, our capabilities are almost non-existent now. Humility. Patience. They are two sides of the same coin. Opportunity.

Richard Branson said he constantly pushes his staff to come up with new ideas. Listen to them talking about working on the Virgin Galactic project: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OOjhWNquhA&feature=youtu.be&hd=1. I realize humility, not frustration will be a motivating force for me. It will help me understand I must listen to those people who dominate a conversation; maybe, just maybe there is a Richard Branson in our midst. There has to be.

LauncherOne will be a two-stage vehicle capable of carrying up to 500 pounds (225 kilograms) to orbit for prices below $10 million. The rocket will be launched from Virgin Galactic's proven WhiteKnightTwo, the uniquely capable aircraft also designed to carry SpaceShipTwo aloft to begin her suborbital missions. Thanks to the extreme flexibility of air launch, Virgin Galactic's customers will enjoy reduced infrastructure costs in addition to the wide range of possible launch locations tailored to individual mission requirements and weather conditions." Branson and other senior executives announced that work has already begun on the vehicle.

It occurred to me humility will help me listen and look for collaborators. Granted I have ideas, one of them is to build by 2014, a Makers Lab for students and faculty. It will be necessary if we are to build experiments and satellites to take advantage of the opportunities we will have with Virgin Galactic's three vehicles that will be operating at Spaceport America. What have we accomplished? Lots actually. We have launched 68 experiments to space, with 6 more to go in October. We have accomplished the first steps.

I realize the organizational challenges are big. The public school systems, the universities and our State Legislature would have to get informed and then engaged. Space Grant can help so can others. Florida, Texas, Hawaii and Colorado have gotten their legislative bodies positioned to build capability and recruit new commercial space companies to their states, and to start licensing efforts for spaceports. They are chasing us because we have Virgin Galactic. Are they catching up? Yes, definitely. It's probably easier to hit a target when you have one. New Mexico is a target.

Florida has just announced RocketCrafters will build their research and development facilities in Titusville. Texas has recruited XCOR Aerospace research and development to Midland. Both companies wanted to work in New Mexico. New Mexico does not have the incentive money to bring these companies to our state. Richard Branson has the ability to recruit people to his companies because he is a risk taker. He is also an entrepreneur.

Public private partnerships, like the partnership with Spaceport America and Virgin Galactic, are visionary. During the LauncherOne announcement, Sir Richard introduced the customers, not only of the Virgin Galactic business, but also for the LauncherOne. LauncherOne customers included Skybox Imaging (Skybox) CEO Tom Ingersoll. Skybox is a Silicon Valley-based firm that recently announced it has raised $91 million for a high resolution imaging constellation of satellites.

Speaking at the Farnborough event, Tom Ingersoll said, "Skybox's objective is to provide world-class, affordable access to space imagery and information, and in order to do so, we need world-class, affordable access to space. Virgin Galactic is unique in having the right mix of ingredients to support our vision, as well as that of the growing small satellite community. We plan to make full use of LauncherOne." Will New Mexico make full use of LauncherOne?

Did you know, we are building small satellites at the universities in New Mexico? New Mexico Space Grant is funding some of these efforts, and now with LauncherOne, we will have access to orbit.

Humility. Physical Sciences Laboratory and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NMSU were capable of working on small satellites, and payloads, however, our capabilities are almost non-existent now. Humility. Patience. They are two sides of the same coin. Opportunity.

Richard Branson said he constantly pushes his staff to come up with new ideas. Listen to them talking about working on the Virgin Galactic project: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OOjhWNquhA&feature=youtu.be&hd=1. I realize humility, not frustration will be a motivating force for me. It will help me understand I must listen to those people who dominate a conversation; maybe, just maybe there is a Richard Branson in our midst. There has to be.

LauncherOne will be a two-stage vehicle capable of carrying up to 500 pounds (225 kilograms) to orbit for prices below $10 million. The rocket will be launched from Virgin Galactic's proven WhiteKnightTwo, the uniquely capable aircraft also designed to carry SpaceShipTwo aloft to begin her suborbital missions. Thanks to the extreme flexibility of air launch, Virgin Galactic's customers will enjoy reduced infrastructure costs in addition to the wide range of possible launch locations tailored to individual mission requirements and weather conditions." Branson and other senior executives announced that work has already begun on the vehicle.

It occurred to me humility will help me listen and look for collaborators. Granted I have ideas, one of them is to build by 2014, a Makers Lab for students and faculty. It will be necessary if we are to build experiments and satellites to take advantage of the opportunities we will have with Virgin Galactic's three vehicles that will be operating at Spaceport America. What have we accomplished? Lots actually. We have launched 68 experiments to space, with 6 more to go in October. We have accomplished the first steps.

I realize the organizational challenges are big. The public school systems, the universities and our State Legislature would have to get informed and then engaged. Space Grant can help so can others. Florida, Texas, Hawaii and Colorado have gotten their legislative bodies positioned to build capability and recruit new commercial space companies to their states, and to start licensing efforts for spaceports. They are chasing us because we have Virgin Galactic. Are they catching up? Yes, definitely. It's probably easier to hit a target when you have one. New Mexico is a target.

Florida has just announced RocketCrafters will build their research and development facilities in Titusville. Texas has recruited XCOR Aerospace research and development to Midland. Both companies wanted to work in New Mexico. New Mexico does not have the incentive money to bring these companies to our state. Richard Branson has the ability to recruit people to his companies because he is a risk taker. He is also an entrepreneur.

Public private partnerships, like the partnership with Spaceport America and Virgin Galactic, are visionary. During the LauncherOne announcement, Sir Richard introduced the customers, not only of the Virgin Galactic business, but also for the LauncherOne. LauncherOne customers included Skybox Imaging (Skybox) CEO Tom Ingersoll. Skybox is a Silicon Valley-based firm that recently announced it has raised $91 million for a high resolution imaging constellation of satellites.

Speaking at the Farnborough event, Tom Ingersoll said, "Skybox's objective is to provide world-class, affordable access to space imagery and information, and in order to do so, we need world-class, affordable access to space. Virgin Galactic is unique in having the right mix of ingredients to support our vision, as well as that of the growing small satellite community. We plan to make full use of LauncherOne." Will New Mexico make full use of LauncherOne?

Did you know, we are building small satellites at the universities in New Mexico? New Mexico Space Grant is funding some of these efforts, and now with LauncherOne, we will have access to orbit.

Humility. Physical Sciences Laboratory and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NMSU were capable of working on small satellites, and payloads, however, our capabilities are almost non-existent now. Humility. Patience. They are two sides of the same coin. Opportunity.

Richard Branson said he constantly pushes his staff to come up with new ideas. Listen to them talking about working on the Virgin Galactic project: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OOjhWNquhA&feature=youtu.be&hd=1. I realize humility, not frustration will be a motivating force for me. It will help me understand I must listen to those people who dominate a conversation; maybe, just maybe there is a Richard Branson in our midst. There has to be.

LauncherOne will be a two-stage vehicle capable of carrying up to 500 pounds (225 kilograms) to orbit for prices below $10 million. The rocket will be launched from Virgin Galactic's proven WhiteKnightTwo, the uniquely capable aircraft also designed to carry SpaceShipTwo aloft to begin her suborbital missions. Thanks to the extreme flexibility of air launch, Virgin Galactic's customers will enjoy reduced infrastructure costs in addition to the wide range of possible launch locations tailored to individual mission