Great Scenic Railway Journeys: 150 Years on the Right Track
Trusted. Valued. Essential. JUNE 2019 Great Scenic Railway Journeys: 150 Years on the Right Track Vegas PBS A Message from the Management Team General Manager General Manager Tom Axtell, Vegas PBS Educational Media Services Director Niki Bates Production Services Director Kareem Hatcher Business Manager Brandon Merrill Communications and Brand Management Director Allison Monette Content Director Summer of Space Cyndy Robbins Workforce Training & Economic Development Director aradoxically, the cover of this month’s magazine features nostalgic travel Debra Solt along the historic routes of steam locomotives, and I am writing about Interim Director of Development and Strategic Relations travel and exploration in outer space. In its day, the transcontinental rail- Clark Dumont road revolutionized travel, agriculture and commerce; forever changed the Engineering, IT and Emergency Response Director habitats through which it ventured; and caused the incorporation of the John Turner PCity of Las Vegas in 1905. Three score and four years later,on July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 SOUTHERN NEVADA PUBLIC TELEVISION BOARD OF DIRECTORS landed on the moon, inspiring a new generation of explorers and entrepreneurs with “one Executive Director giant leap for mankind”. As the 50th anniversary of the moon landing nears, Vegas PBS Tom Axtell, Vegas PBS is bringing you a Summer of Space, a multiplatform viewing experience that includes new President science and history programs for both adults and children. Tom Warden, The Howard Hughes Corporation On Wednesday, June 12, at 9 p.m., Nova: Asteroids: Doomsday or Payday? explores BOARD MEMBERS how would-be asteroid miners dream up their own program to scout for potentially Vince Alberta, University Nevada Las Vegas profitable asteroids, perhaps involving Nevada’s world class mining corporations.Then at Linda Ammons, Community Volunteer 10 p.m., Farthest – Voyager in Space shines a light on the epic NASA mission launched Tracy Bower, Desert Research Institute in 1977 that revolutionized our understanding of the galaxy.
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