I had no idea how common launches are today. We learned the first stage with all engines is around 60 percent of the cost of the rocket, so reusing them saves millions of dollars. They had two of the rocket’s first stages in the building, that had seen many trips to space and landed to be reused. Forty-eight hours later I’m in California and touring a SpaceX facility. She spent six months on the Space Station and traveled 84 million miles during her time. His wife, Megan made two trips into space: once on the Space Shuttle and once on a SpaceX rocket. During our SpaceX brief, Bob’s smiling picture was one of the first slides presented. Bob Behnken flew twice on the Space Shuttle and was on the first crew mission on a SpaceX Dragon Capsule. It was funny that I met two astronauts at CFD. Our day started at SpaceX Launch Complex Four. My dad worked at this base over 60 years ago, so it was special to make this trip. As a Global Strike Civic Leader, we get together a few times throughout the year to be educated on the missions of our Air Force.
I flew from Cheyenne to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Monday morning. One sponsor told me he took off from Atlanta and landed in America I can’t think of a higher compliment to pay the City of Cheyenne. We have thousands of volunteers, but without the sponsors, we would not have a rodeo to put on. I also spent time thanking our sponsors each day. They bring their team and volunteer for 10 days to drive and show off our carriages. The folks driving the wagons come from all over the country. Every day Judy and I rode in a wagon for parades and grand entries before the start of the rodeo. I found another group that also amazes me. I can’t say it often enough, but our volunteers are amazing! When you are mayor, you get to see a bit of the behind-the-scenes and realize the show would not happen without this dedicated bunch of folks. Judy and I are tired but so proud of our city and the team at CFD who makes this event happen. I just thought it would be funny and get me some thumbsy uppies on the internet." Indeed, many users have posted alien-centric memes on the event page, and a flurry of Area 51 memes hit Instagram, as well.The Mayor’s Minute from Mayor Patrick Collins – August 5thĬHEYENNE – Cheyenne Frontier Days is finished for another year. Hello US government, this is a joke, and I do not actually intend to go ahead with this plan. It doesn't matter if it's weather balloons, little green men, or something else entirely - we can't ask our pilots to put their lives at risk unnecessarily."Ī Facebook user clarified in a post about the September event that the entire thing was a joke, saying "P.S.
Mark Warner, who attended the briefing, told INSIDER at the time, "If pilots at Oceana or elsewhere are reporting flight hazards that interfere with training or put them in danger, then Senator Warner wants answers. More recently, Navy officials met with members of Congress to give them a classified briefing on UFOs. The New York Times reported that the government had spent $22 million (R305 millio) on the secretive Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, which investigated reports of UFOs and which the Pentagon said shut down in 2012. Navy pilots said they saw UFOs while training off the East Coast between 20, and in 2017. The secrecy around the area was not to keep alien life from the American public, but to keep the Soviets from seeing American technology. It was confirmed as an Air Force base in 2013, and declassified CIA documents showed that the military was testing the aerial surveillance programs U-2 and OXCART. "We will all meet up at the Area 51 Alien Center tourist attraction and coordinate our entry," the Facebook post says, joking that interested parties can "run faster than their bullets."Īrea 51 has long been regarded by conspiracy theorists as a repository for the government's knowledge about extraterrestrials and unidentified flying objects. The Air Force's statement is meant to deter the more than 1 million Facebook users who have responded to an event about storming Area 51 on September 20. As a matter of practice, we do not discuss specific security measures, but any attempt to illegally access military installations or military training areas is dangerous," he added. "The Nevada Test and Training Range is an area where the Air Force tests and trains combat aircraft.