by Michael Belfiore | May 8, 2012 | Blog
The Chinese-language version of The Department of Mad Scientists, my book about the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, hits the shelves in China next week. It’s been translated and sports a new cover for this edition. It’s amusing for me to think...
by Michael Belfiore | Apr 12, 2012 | Articles, Blog
The April 2012 issue of Scientific American has my article on the Google Lunar X PRIZE, the $30 million contest to land the first private robot on the moon. I got to spend time with leading team Astrobotic to craft the story and was very impressed by their potential...
by Michael Belfiore | Apr 2, 2012 | Articles, Blog
In case you missed it on the magazine racks, you can read the complete text of my March cover story for Air & Space magazine at airspacemag.com. Eric Anderson pioneered the commercial space flight industry, before anyone knew it could be a real business. His...
by Michael Belfiore | Mar 16, 2012 | Blog
X PRIZE founder Peter Diamandis teamed with science writer Steven Kotler to write a book that looks to be the start of a movement, not just a treatise on how to make the world a better place, though it is that too. It’s that powerful. Diamandis and Kotler lay...
by Michael Belfiore | Mar 14, 2012 | Articles, Blog
I got the assignment in December, soon after Paul Allen and Burt Rutan announced their intention to create the world’s largest aircraft with the eventual goal of launching up to six astronauts into orbit. I was on an unplugged vacation with the family in the...
