Per Asper Ad Astra – Rural Southwest Is Slowly Becoming a Destination for Commercial Spacetravel

by Anya Petrone Slepyan, The Daily YonderOctober 3, 2023 On the morning of August 10th, 2023, residents of Elephant Butte, New Mexico (population 1,427), stood in their yards, eyes trained on the sky. They were rewarded with the sights—and sounds—of a spaceplane being launched into sub-orbital space. “We could hear the rocket ignite—it [...]

Read more

Virgin Galactic rocket ship forerunner of hypersonic travel

  October 14, 2016
  Comments Off on Virgin Galactic rocket ship forerunner of hypersonic travel
A "hypersonic space line," or a transportation system that would transport people halfway around the earth in a matter of hours, isn't science fiction. It's a science being [...]

Help Wanted Roundup for Oct 7, 2016

  October 7, 2016
  Comments Off on Help Wanted Roundup for Oct 7, 2016
Businesses: submit your jobs and press releases.    Job Hunters: Check previous roundups. Job Opportunities in Sierra County New Mexico: General Counsel - A Juris [...]

Time To Be More Ambitious About Spaceport America

  October 6, 2016
  Comments Off on Time To Be More Ambitious About Spaceport America
Business is personal. Companies have stories, and really good leaders become part of the story with the company. Leaders create, they influence and for sure, the good ones [...]

Incubator aims to nurture downtown Aztec

  October 2, 2016
  Comments Off on Incubator aims to nurture downtown Aztec
Aztec isn’t the only town in New Mexico whose residents want a vibrant and stable downtown business district, but it’s one town where leaders are moving forward with plans [...]

How NM businesses can get involved in the film industry

  September 30, 2016
  Comments Off on How NM businesses can get involved in the film industry
If you think your business has nothing to do with New Mexico's film industry, you're probably wrong. "A lot of people make the mistake of thinking that their business is [...]

Help Wanted Roundup for Sep 30, 2016

  September 30, 2016
  Comments Off on Help Wanted Roundup for Sep 30, 2016
Businesses: submit your jobs and press releases.    Job Hunters: Check previous roundups. Job Opportunities in Sierra County New Mexico: Crew, Manager - McDonalds [...]

A Turning Point in Turner Country

  September 28, 2016
  Comments Off on A Turning Point in Turner Country
Right after you go past the Bosque del Apache while driving down I-25, you cut through a corner of the Armendaris Ranch. Soon you come up along-side some muscular brown [...]

How to Get Free Press For Your Business

  September 28, 2016
  Comments Off on How to Get Free Press For Your Business
What would it be worth to you have favorable front page news about your business? Positive media coverage is more trusted and more likely to be noticed by readers than paid [...]

A desert spaceport is ready for blast-off

  September 26, 2016
  Comments Off on A desert spaceport is ready for blast-off
In a barren patch of desert in New Mexico, the road signs say it all. Milky Way. Rocket Road. Asteroid Beltway. The landscape is one of scrubby creosote bushes punctuated by [...]

Don’t Forget Small Business Contributions to Job Creation

  September 26, 2016
  Comments Off on Don’t Forget Small Business Contributions to Job Creation
​We’ve witnessed meager economic growth and rising unemployment in New Mexico since the Great Recession.  So it comes as no surprise that New Mexicans are very [...]