Elijah Hurwitz Alamogordo, New Mexico, bills itself as the “friendliest place on earth.” The somewhat sleepy desert city has a population of around 30,000, according to the latest census, and temperatures have been known to reach 110 degrees in the throes of summer. The biggest driver of the local economy is the nearby Holloman Air Force Base, which employs roughly one-third of the city’s people and is home to one of the largest training centers for drone pilots—just don’t call them that.