{"id":14416,"date":"2019-05-24T10:46:52","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T17:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=14416"},"modified":"2020-06-02T09:45:52","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T16:45:52","slug":"spaceport-america-ceo-dan-hicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/spaceport-america-ceo-dan-hicks\/","title":{"rendered":"Spaceport America CEO Dan Hicks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iM0IDssxc7c\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">May 24, 2019 \u2013\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Gene Grant sits down with the CEO of Spaceport America to discuss the future of commercial space flight in New Mexico now that Virgin Galactic has concrete plans to complete its move to the Southern New Mexico facility.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u202f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Hicks talks about the millions of public dollars invested so far, why the facility might need millions more, and how to compete with other space ports in the burgeoning private space race.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Guest:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">D<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">an Hicks, CEO,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spaceportamerica.com\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Spaceport America<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 24, 2019 \u2013\u00a0Gene Grant sits down with the CEO of Spaceport America to discuss the future of commercial space flight in New Mexico now that Virgin Galactic has concrete plans to complete its move to the Southern New Mexico facility.\u202fHicks talks about the millions of public dollars invested so far, why the facility might&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":14427,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[3044,3043,3027,3028,3026,1712,3025,3030,1373,3029,259,3045,3046,3031,260],"class_list":["post-14416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-segments","tag-aerospace-industry","tag-dan-hicks","tag-gov-bill-richardson","tag-gov-gary-johnson","tag-gov-michelle-lujan-grisham","tag-las-cruces","tag-sir-richard-branson","tag-space-exploration","tag-space-industry","tag-space-tourism","tag-spaceport-america","tag-spaceport-facility","tag-spaceport-improvements","tag-truth-or-consequences","tag-virgin-galactic"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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