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His work, belief in education, and entrepreneurial spirit follow the steps of his family, who achieved the Mexican American dream through the same values. He comes from a line of exemplary Mexican American public servants: His uncle Vicente T. Ximenes was the first Hispanic commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
“That sense of adventure and discovery into the darkness of that cave has never left me,” he said in his speech. But where does that tech come from to get to the moon — or Mars? Now, Ximenes is predicting a continuation of those partnerships. “What’s going to happen next is we’re going to build an economy,” he said. “The next economy is going to be in space: A cislunar economy,” referring to the space between the earth and the moon.
“We want to be the same thing on the moon for the rockets lunar landers coming and going, to resupply,” he said. “It’s the same model that provided the shuttles for the gold miners in the old days. We’re not digging for gold, we’re providing the shovels, is kind of my idea. … We’re going to be the port, the gateway to the lunar locations.”
“I hope it just gives him a learning opportunity to let him know his options and also just to help him with other executive function skills and knowledge that he’s not getting in school,” she said.
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