Modernizing Mesa, Getting Excited In AeroSpace > “Warp drive is sexier than life support.”

Space: the final frontier.

"These are the voyages of local Arizona aerospace enterprises. If you think for a minute that Arizona enterprises don’t measure up to “The Enterprise,” think again. We may not have Spock, Kirk or warp drive, but what Arizona does have is an impressive list of some of the most progressive aerospace contributions in the nation."

That's business news yesterday in AZBigMedia.com

Let's go there: There is where the 7th Annual Conference for Arizona's AeroSpace, Aviation, Defense + Manufacturing Industries happened at a place called ASU SkySong for the commercial and private sectors and university programs that was hosted by 
 Arizona Technology Council, Arizona Commerce Authority and RevAZ .
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Let's also keep in mind an announcement the other day that the Air Force has a new mission for American Superiority in Space

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The conference showed that our desert state is an oasis for aerospace innovation.
Things may be moving so fast beyond the speed of light or sound trying to visualize what might be a reality for Arizona in a decade or three, the current aerospace contributions presented at the conference focused on the infrastructure and inter-workings of deep-space missions.

That's a Pay Load the public can get excited about: Providing the essentials — life support, thermal control and habitat design . . .
O Yeah --- and jobs in manufacturing and high tech
THE BIG PAY LOAD:
Billion$$$$$$$$$$ in federal contracts having A BIG HYPER-LOCAL IMPACT for economic development
By all means read more by hitting the link AZ BigMedia , but your MesaZona blogger did want to make sure to mention one of three highlights from the conference featuring a staff member of the City of Mesa's Office of Economic Development
“Modernizing Mesa:
Turning up the HEAT in Advancing Manufacturing,”

featuring Aric H. Bopp (moderator) CEcD, deputy director of strategic initiative for the City of Mesa
Rex Ginder, UND Aerospace; Scott Burns, Orbital ATK Arnaldo Soto, AQST Space Systems
Michael Schachte, Attack Helicopter Programs chief engineer for Boeing.

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Please Note: Aric Bopp was featured in an earlier post on this blog site 19 August 2016
After Months of Interviews A Guy Named Bopp Gets Welcomed to Be Deputy Director, Strategic Services

Late yesterday here's a press release from the City of Mesa Newsroom Mesa Now City of Mesa Economic Development welcomes new deputy director 08-18-2016 at 3:27:43 PM      "City of Mesa Office of Economic Development is pleased to announce the recent hire of Aric H. Bopp, CEcD, who joined the team as the Deputy Director, Strategic Initiatives. He will focus on development priorities related to Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, southeast Mesa, and other economic development projects of strategic importance to the City. . . "  MesaZona Blog Aug 2016

Perhaps Anderson, president and CEO of Paragon, explains it best when saying, “Warp drive is sexier than life support.”