Cathy Harper was the guest for this Space Show program. Our interview with Ms. Harper began with a quick discussion of the White Sands Film Festival. After suggesting a category in the film festival for YouTube type space commerce PSAs for the teen through young adult market, we moved on to discussing the Museum of Space History in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Ms. Harper told us about many of the fixed exhibits, new exhibits such as Space Ship One, coming programs and events, the IMAX theater, and more. We talked about educational outreach for the museum in both Alamogordo and the southern New Mexico region. To find out more about the museum and its events check out www.spacefame.org. Cathy received many listener questions about the museum, its location, membership, popular exhibits and more. One listener asked her about visiting the museum and including a visit to Trinity Site at the same time. You will want to hear the details provided for interesting tours to Trinity Site the two days it is opened to the public which for 2007 are April 7 and Oct. 6th. Cathy us talked with us about Space Port America, the new commercial spaceport being developed near Las Cruces, NM. You will want to hear this discussion as she explains the funding from the state legislature, the upcoming bond issue, the tenants, UP Aerospace and much more. We also talked about attracting new space businesses to the southern part of New Mexico and Cathy updated us on various chamber of commerce activities and future plans. We also spoke about helping to bring the spaceport to fruition by supporting the New Mexico Space Alliance (www.newmexicospacealliance.org). or the Southern New Mexico High Tech Consortium. This is an important Space Show program as we not only talked about the Alamogordo museum but space education, inspiration, the developing commercial space world going on in New Mexico and so much more. You can continue to ask questions and submit your comments to Ms. Harper by emailing her at cathy.harper@state.nm.us.
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