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The numbers add up in Arianespace’s latest commercial launch success with Ariane 5
May, 2012

  Arianespace provided another on-time Ariane 5 launch tonight by orbiting a pair of telecommunications spacecraft at the service of Asian region operators, on a mission ...

On the recruitment trail: Have gun, will travel
May, 2012

  I have been on the road a lot lately. We live in a relatively remote part of the nation. If we want to recruit support ...

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ISPCS 2010 to Provide Forum for ‘Dialogue' on a Range of Topics Important to Commercial Spaceflight

From an opening session that explores the historic, ongoing link between the founders of the Space Age and today's commercial space industry, to an exploration of the current status of today's advances in space technology, ISPCS 2010 will focus on people and their achievements.

"The forward momentum of the commercial space industry is unmistakable," said Patricia Hynes, conference chair. "SpaceX ...


Early-bird Registration for ISPCS 2011 Opens July 1
 

Register now and save $150 on your 2011 ISPCS registration. The value of the commercial spaceflight industry's innovations and technologies will be showcased in both the presentations and exhibits at ISPCS 2011.

"As we create new technologies, there is also value in creating competitive advantages that drive business growth in the emerging commercial space industry," said Patricia Hynes, ISPCS chair. "Speakers and exhibitors coming to ISPCS continue to ...


ISPCS 2011 will continue to emphasize rich content in sessions as we evolve building hardware and human capacity to engineer complex systems. Whether it is a crew vehicle or a complex organizational collaboration, we have to do them well, as all eyes are on this industry to succeed.

Dr. George Nield, Associate Administrator of the FAA AST, shared his thoughts with me recently on the balanced approach he believes necessary to support growth of commercial space, ...


Pat Hynes preparing for ISPCS 2011 and talking about Space News article featuring Charles Miller on

"Institutional investors seek profit potential in Commercial Space."

 

 



Tim Pickens, Chief Propulsion Engineer Dynetics and upcoming ISPCS speaker...Selling shovels to miners:  Building the commercial space supply chain.

  



In 1999, two graduate students, Ralph Gibson, and John Versluis, submitted a proposal under our Graduate Student Research Program at New Mexico Space Grant. They wanted to determine if it was possible to have the Apollo 11 landing site at Tranquility base designated a World Heritage site. This project became a tale of passion, perseverance and respect for the heritage of man’s first footprints on the Moon. You can visit the website at http://spacegrant.nmsu.edu/lunarlegacies

These ...


 

Corporate Vice President, Sierra Nevada Corporation's Space Systems inside Dream Chaser flight simulator speaking about this year’s International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight in Las Cruces, New Mexico.



 

Where are we supposed to meet? Here or down at the outfitters? Beats me was the answer…again. I was with a group of speakers at a conference, and we were headed to the speaker’s dinner at the Sami camp. The Sami are the native people who live above the arctic circle in Lapland. They are reindeer herders. Their art is spare, similar to Zuni imagery, their songs resemble cowboy yodeling. Once again, the out of ...