 This is Navajo land 25,000 miles of seemingly endless geological art encompassing parts of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona it's a nation in recognition steeped in beauty and tradition but more and more the face of the Navajo landscape is changing economic development is being carried on the reservation an area rich in natural and human resources many of the hogan's that still dot the reservation at one time with the primary form of housing today it's in these hogan's that the tribal tradition of rug weaving is practiced and passed on from generation to generation using the dexterity developed through years of homing this craft 15 separate sewing functions and nearly all met NASA's rigorous acceptance standards it's a long way from the Navajo reservation to the shuttle simulators and training aircraft and NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston but it's the contrast that makes this relationship so intriguing but the Navajo is the world's another step to economic self-sufficiency we want people outside the reservation to know that Navajo nation is saying come to come see Navajo give us your bottom line let us work with you because Navajo means business and we like to have businesses for our young people sewing the astronaut using old-world skills in a modern day effort