10/06/2005

Rocketeers Rev Up for X Prize Cup. By Leonard David -- Senior Space Writer -- Space.com LAS CRUCES, New Mexico -- Preparations are in full swing for the Countdown to the X Prize Cup, a celebration of a new generation of private passenger-carrying spaceships built for speed and to foster space tourism. An array of spaceship concepts will be ... [X PRIZE Space Race News!] 9:13:34 AM    comment []

Las Cruces renews, extends advertising contract. The Las Cruces Convention and Visitors Bureau has awarded another advertising contract to Rick Johnson & Co., an Albuquerque firm that has had the contract since 2001. [Latest news from New Mexico Business Weekly] 9:12:36 AM    comment []

NASA Selects New Mexico Firms for Small Business Projects (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance). NASA has selected three New Mexico companies for negotiation of phase 2 contract awards in its 2004 Small Business Innovation Research program. The companies receiving the contracts each worth approximately $600,000 include: [Yahoo! News - Search Results for "New Mexico"] 9:12:03 AM    comment []

Rocket Ready (KTSM). Space ships, tents and generators are now arriving in Las Cruces, and while it may sound like some kind of intergalactic camping trip, it's really all part of this weekend's Countdown to the X-Prize Cup. [Yahoo! News - Search Results for "Southern New Mexico"] 9:02:40 AM    comment []