And now a new partnership in Colorado is poised to leverage space and energy technologies to bring down-to-Earth economic benefits to the Rocky Mountain State.

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They formally formed Rocky Mountain in 2005 when Rodgers decided he wanted to leave Los Angeles for his home state of Utah.

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In Colorado, meanwhile, wildfires threatened some of the state's most popular summer tourist destinations over the weekend, demolishing nearly two dozen homes near Rocky Mountain National Park and emptying hotels and campgrounds, according to the Associated Press.

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