nasa eyed dry lake bed near dumont for space program

[Richard Cheese]

10 years ago this week

A remote dry lake bed about 60 miles from Pahrump could play a significant role in the future of America's space program.

Silurian Lake, about 30 miles south of Tecopa, Calif., is being considered as a landing site for short range tests of the X-33, a one-half scale model of Lockheed-Martin's VentureStar spacecraft which is expected to become the 21st century's answer to the space shuttle.

Wayne Wilson, an environmental engineer for NASA, said the dry lake bed near popular Dumont Dunes is the preferred short-range site because it provides some margin for error should the X-33 fail to land directly on line.

Remember when you were in school and you used to torture the poor substitute teacher with the thankless job of filling in for a full-time teacher you didn't like in the first place?

Well, the Nye County School District is taking steps to ensure its substitutes are ready to handle a little childish torture and anything else that might come up. All non-licensed applicants must attend one of the NCSD's day-long substitute teaching workshops.

Pahrump is just 10,625 new homes away from getting a $17 million middle school -- if the county commissioners approve a proposal by the Nye County School District to impose a $1,600 impact fee on new residential construction and new manufactured homes in the valley.

It will actually take fewer new structures than that, since the district has other sources of construction income and school officials are hoping a bond issue will pass next year.

The decision of the Pahrump Town Board at its last meeting to begin accepting bids for a permanent youth center was too little too late for long-time youth center advocate Bob Tomaro, who said he's frustrated with the whole thing and plans to resign from the town's parks and recreation board.

Town board member Bob Little, on the other hand, said he's encouraged by the town's progress and believes it's a good first step toward establishing a series of recreational facilities for both youth and adults in the community.

http://www.pahrumpvalleytimes.com/2007/Aug...s/16254442.html

[powerhouse]

Don't they have enough space ? hehehe ,bastards !

[barneycar]

heck no they want it all

[barefoot bob]

the now defunct x33 project wound up at edwards afb i did alot of the underground fibre optics for it.