she coordinated with stu whiths, the moe haw see -- mojave airport general manager. it's been a great success. now in its fifth year, students look forward to the annual competition with younger students anticipating the time when they're old enough to participate. the intermediate space challenge hosts the student rocket competition where fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students compete to build a model rocket that reaches the highest point in model launches. it's judged on altitude, macting and spirit. in some cases, they reach up to 600 before parachuting downward. individual awards are given in each category with the overall winner announced at the end they have event. it allows students to work in teams, create a team banner, craft an essay and develop their small rocket. during the event, many students get a chance to view professional rockets and hear how they operate. it fosters great interest in science, technology, in engineering and in math. among these students -- in math, among these students, and could serve to develop our next great aerospace adventure

her previous books, "29 palms," a story of murder, marines and the mojave, was recently published in a new updated edition. it was a los angeles times best book if 2001, and hunter thompson calls it a strange and brilliant story by an important american writer. deann also writes for the rolling stone, slate, the huffington post and many other publications and her work is widely produced. ♪ ♪ >> for a long time, the american desert has been my deed and my passion. the reasons are many, but really, there is only one. in the desert, the chatter of city life fades away and my own thoughts vanish, i get quiet and i hear things -- the beating of wings, the scratching of lizard, the crack of tortoise eggs, the whisper of stories that want to be told. >> the wild horses are our greatest partner. preserving mustangs is not about being on their backs, but about letting them run wild. seeing them out there is our birth right and theirs. why are we destroying the horse we rode in on? as will james once wrote, they really wrong not to man, but to that country of junipers and sage, of deep aro

[applause] >> deann stillman is the author of 29 palms, a true story of murder, marines, and the mojave. ms. stillman has written for the "new york times," the village voice, and on-line publications, salon and slate. she began researching mustangs 10 years ago after several dozen were killed outside of reno, nevada. for more information, visit deann stillman.com. : >> we're at bookexpo america in new york city, the booth for regnery publishing with marjorie ross. what do you have coming out this season. >> we're actually very excited about several of our books for summer and fall, and, of course, it's good time to be a conservative publisher in washington, d.c. because there's a lot to talk about. our first book i'll tell you about is a book by repeat best-selling author michelle malkin, and it's called culture of corruption. it's probably the first anti-obama book coming from any publisher, and we think it's going to be very, very big. she's done a real investigative reporter's job of looking at president obama, who he's brought in to work with him, who's come from the corrupt city of

if we cannot put in the mojave desert, we are in trouble because no one i know wanted in the back yard. how will we get this wonderful answer if people who are fighting traditional fuels are also fighting the citing of the alternative fuels? host: kathleen on the democratic line from dayton, ohio. caller: you said we don't need to pick -- we can't change the world. if we would just start with u.s. habits, as you described, i believe we are 4% of the world's population using a 35% of the world energy resources. then you also said that if you had heard congress saying anything about turning off the lights and computers -- former president jimmy carter 35 years ago put a sweater on in front of the national public and said, turn down your thermostat. he started talking about saving energy, and the oil companies, they slapped him down. the other thing, i personally believe -- then have a question. i believe alternative technologies for our energy sources -- we could have tapped it 35 years ago and we have not done so because of the strength of good -- stranglehold of oil companies. but how