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MVEDA’s Efforts Bring Jobs
Courtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin, by Richard Coltharp A job a day. That was the goal of the Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance for Fiscal Year 2012, to add a job a day to Doña Ana County, or 365 over 12 months. So how about 504? That’s the number of jobs MVEDA was able to bring to the area from July 2011 through June 2012. That follows on the heels of Fiscal Year 2011, in which MVEDA brought 580 jobs to the area. These numbers were reported Friday, Oct. 12, at MVEDA’s Annual...
Will Las Cruces Be The Winner? Pegasus Announcement to Come ‘Pretty Soon’
Courtesy of the Las Cruces Sun-News, by Brook Stockberger LAS CRUCES — Will Las Cruces be selected as the site for the Center for Innovation, Technology and Testing — a $1 billion privately funded mock city to be used for scientific research? That announcement will come before the end of the year, Pegasus Global Holdings managing director Robert Brumley said. "It (the announcement) should be pretty soon," he said. Brumley was in Las Cruces to speak Thursday at the ReEnergize the Americas...
Is Space Tourism The Right Stuff?
Courtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin, by Todd G. Dickson The scaling back of government support for the traditional space program could be reversed if the new private space entrepreneurs are successful, said a keynote speaker on the first day of the two-day International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight (ISPCS). Robert Dickman, executive director of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, said the space program has been going through a lot change since NASA made...
Governor Promises Continued Support for Space Industry in N.M.
Courtesy of the Las Cruces Sun-News, by Steve Ramirez LAS CRUCES — Gov. Susana Martinez admitted Thursday she was preaching to the choir — a standing-room-only crowd of more than 500 people attending the eighth annual International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight, at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum. It was a pep talk of sorts, and Martinez urged commercial space flight industry leaders to keep going forward, keep going higher, in turning the fledgling industry...
Favorable First Impressions Made at Space Symposium
Courtesy of the Las Cruces Sun-News, by Steve Ramirez LAS CRUCES — First impressions mean a lot, and those were favorable at today's International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight for Brig. Gen. Gwen Bingham and Lori Garver. Bingham, who became commander of White Sands Missile Range about a month ago, made her first public appearance in Las Cruces at Wednesday's symposium, at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum. Although new to Las Cruces — Bingham had never been in...
New Mexico Laws Could Hamper Spaceport, Wayne Hale States at Symposium
Courtesy of the Las Cruces Sun-News, by Steve Ramirez LAS CRUCES — Wayne Hale, a former space shuttle program manager who now works as a consultant for a commercial space flight company, urged supporters of the fledgling industry Tuesday to continue to push for state legislation that will allow companies to conduct business in New Mexico. "Here we are 100 years later, and we're at the verge of the commercial flight industry," said Hale, referring to time that has passed since the invention of...
MVEDA Mid-Year Update – November 6
Davin Lopez, President/CEO of the Mesilla Valley Economic Development Alliance (MVEDA) will provide a mid-year update on MVEDA’s activities at the November MVEDA Business in the Borderplex luncheon. The luncheon will be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 from 11:30 AM until 1:00 PM at the Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces, 705 S. Telshor. The meeting will begin with a hot entree buffet. Copies of MVEDA’s Annual Report for FY 2011-2012 will be distributed at the luncheon. The Annual Report was...
Space Industry to Meet Next Week
Courtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin, by Todd G. Dickson It’s been a big week in the new private space industry on the eve of the main space-industry gathering in Las Cruces. On Wednesday, Oct. 10, a commercially launched capsule docked into the International Space Station, marking the reopening of a U.S. supply line to the orbital outpost following the space shuttles’ retirement last year. The successful launch and docking of SpaceX’s system was the biggest news. But at Spaceport America,...
NM’s Future in Renewables
Courtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin, by Alta LeCompte Some 30 industry and government leaders and academics shared their insights at the second annual Renewable Energy & Clean Technology Conference sponsored by the New Mexico Green Chamber of Commerce Friday, Oct. 5, at the Las Cruces Convention Center. “Our goal was to bring New Mexico’s clean energy leaders together for a series of focused discussion on assessing the status of their industry sector, evaluating obstacles and identifying...
Former Space Shuttle Program Manager Keynotes Luncheon
The ISPCS Growing Community Partnership Luncheon will be held on October 16th at 11:30 am-1:30 pm at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum. Keynote speaker: Wayne Hale, Former Space Shuttle Program Manager. He will talk about “Human Voyagers in the Ocean of Space… the Strict Rules. New Mexico will lead the world and open the next of human spaceflight.” See 27’ XCOR Lynx spaceplane. Visit the 34 exhibitors in the Commercial Space Exhibit Hall and Exhibitor Portal For more...
