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National Space Grant Directors Meeting

October 28 -31, 2007

National SG Directors Meeting


NM Space Grant invites you to Las Cruces, NM

• Home of Spaceport America & X PRIZE CUP

• International Symposium for Personal

Spaceflight

• Historic attractions such as Old Mesilla

• World-class Mexican food


Preliminary Agenda for Fall 2007 Meeting

• Sunday - October 28– 1pm –5 pm Registration– 3pm to 5 pm Board Meetings– 6pm to 7pm Reception

• Monday, October 29– General session meetings in morning and afternoon– Dinner and Tour, NM Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum

• Tuesday, October 30– General session meeting until 3pm– 3:30 Bus to Mesilla– 5:30 Dinner

• Wednesday, October 31– Tour White Sands Test Facility and Trinity Site at White

Sands Missile Range


Logistics & Estimated Cost

• Fly into El Paso International Airport

• Rent a car or shuttle to Las Cruces – (1 hour travel time)

• Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces:– $95/night, rooms available through

November 1, 2007


Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces

• 203 guestrooms

• 7 Executive & Jacuzzi suites

• Hi-speed wireless Internet access

• In-room movies, coffee, refrigerator,

work & sitting area

• On-site car rental

• Outdoor swimming pool & Jacuzzi

• Laundry/valet

• Exercise facilities

• Room service


The New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum is 47 acres packed with real stories about real people.

The interactive museum, which has welcomed visitors from all over the world, brings to life the 3,000-year history of farming and ranching in New Mexico.

Reception/Dinner and Tour on Monday Night

New Mexico Farm and RanchHeritage Museum


Mesilla is a small town by today's standards but, 150 years ago it was the major stop for travelers going between San Antonio and San Diego. Western Legend Billy the Kid once stood trial for murder in a Mesilla courtroom, and the Mesilla Plaza was once a major stop for the Butterfield Stagecoach.

•Shopping

•Nambe outlet

•Jewelry

•Clothes

•Books

•Wine

•Cooking

•Local weaving

Mesilla


White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) is a preeminent resource for testing and evaluating potentially hazardous materials, space flight components, and rocket propulsion systems. These services are available to NASA, the Department of Defense, other federal agencies, universities, and commercial industry.

White Sands Test Facility


On July 16, 1945, the first atomic bomb was exploded at the Trinity Site, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.

Trinity Site


X PRIZE CUP Events

• October 24- Sugerman Public Forum – Topic: Spaceport America &

Future in NM• October 25-26 International

Symposium for Personal Spaceflight, Las Cruces, NM

• October 26-27 X PRIZE CUP, Holloman Air Force Base, Alamogordo, NM


International Symposium For Personal Spaceflight - 2006

• Co Chairs NMSGC & X PRIZE Foundation

• Welcoming Comments: Peter Diamandis, Secretary Rick Homans, & Michael Simpson

• Keynote Speakers: Alex Tai, Ken Davidian, and Thomas Jones


Tracks– Vehicle Entry to Space– Personal Entry to Space– Medical Considerations for Suborbital & Orbital Flights– Maximizing Your Personal Spaceflight Experience– Spaceports: Your Entry Point– Business Entry to Space– In Space with the Explorers

2006 International Symposium for Personal Spaceflight

Making Spaceflight Personal


ISPS-2006 Continued


Two full days of events, exhibits, static displays, rocket racing, and demonstration flights to celebrate the Countdown to the X PRIZE CUP and the Personal Spaceflight Revolution.

X PRIZE Cup ExpoOctober 20-21, 2006


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