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...aerospace history. He plans to move soon to nearby Hawthorne, into a cavernous plant that once turned out 747s. He has set aside half of his $200 million PayPal payout and has hired close to 250 people, from such outfits as Boeing and Grumman as well as from Silicon Valley...
...Mexico sees itself as a Silicon Valley of space, a place where an industry cluster could develop, absorbing investment and throwing off jobs as it does. When state economic-development secretary Rick Homans, chairman of the New Mexico Spaceport Authority, saw the list of global companies participating in the X Prize in 2004, he says it suddenly dawned on him that the new space industry might look just like the early computer industry--a bunch of crazy guys. "They start with chaotic, crazy inventors and entrepreneurs--colorful characters, some of whom are living hand to mouth, on the verge...
...Simi Valley, Calif...
...Canada and the second consisting of Munro’s partially fictionalized recollections of her own life. For much of the first section, Munro’s attempts to imagine, describe and fill in the details of the lives of her ancestors in Scotland’s Ettrick Valley run into the problem that most historical narratives and memoirs have to deal with: real life doesn’t proceed at all like fiction. It has no well-structured plot or narrative, and one thing doesn’t elegantly lead to another.As a result, the writer has to make...
...nationally ranked Penn State women’s program next year. Announced last Thursday by the Nittany Lions Athletic Department, Walsh will become the third coach in the eleven-year history of the Penn State women’s soccer. The U-17 national head coach and Huntington Valley, Pa. native returns home to lead a Nittany Lion squad, which has won nine straight Big Ten titles and, just last year, advanced to the NCAA Quarterfinals after compiling an 18-5-3 season under former coach Paula Wilkins. Wilkins, head coach since 2001, announced her resignation just two weeks...