by Michael Belfiore | Mar 5, 2012 | Blog
At a Southern California YPO meeting in February, I moderated a discussion between Virgin Galactic’s Will Pomerantz and Boeing’s John Schindler. As Director of Program Integration for Boeing’s Commercial Crew Program, Schindler is one of the managers in...
by Michael Belfiore | Feb 16, 2012 | Blog
Draper labs has released this video of a test flight by Masten Space Systems earlier this month in Mojave. A Draper guidance, navigation and control package on top of Masten’s XOMBIE vehicle guides it through launch, rocket-powered hover, downrange flight, and...
by Michael Belfiore | Feb 1, 2012 | Blog
On a recent visit to Mojave Air & Spaceport, I stopped in on XCOR Aerospace for an update on the development of their new suborbital spaceship, called the Lynx. The Lynx builds on XCOR’s successful experience with reusable, restartable rocket engines and...
by Michael Belfiore | Jan 5, 2012 | Blog
Last month Microsoft billionaire and philanthropist Paul Allen announced that he’s started a new space project called Stratolaunch. It’s a follow-on to his SpaceShipOne project that became the first privately built craft to send people out of the...
by Michael Belfiore | Dec 1, 2011 | Articles
By Michael Belfiore. CNN.com, August 15, 2011. The HTV-2’s hypersonic glide flight test was but one of many high-risk, potentially high-payoff projects funded by DARPA. DARPA is America’s hidden innovation engine. Not so many know the name, but nearly...
