by Michael Belfiore | Feb 3, 2010 | Blog, Uncategorized
While the space world contemplates the ramifications of NASA’s radical new direction, Space Exploration Technologies is gearing up for the first commercial cargo flights to the International Space Station.This photo just in from SpaceX shows technicians loading...
by Michael Belfiore | Feb 1, 2010 | Articles
By Michael Belfiore. February 1, 2010. Is Obama’s just-released NASA budget the “death march for the future of U.S. human space flight,” as Senator Richard Shelby proclaims on his website today? Or is it in fact a new beginning for the space agency?...
by Michael Belfiore | Jan 27, 2010 | Blog, Uncategorized
The writing’s been on the wall for some time. Now it looks as though it’s finally going to be official.The Orlando Sentinel quoted some unnamed sources today as saying that the White House is going to fight to axe the multi-billion-dollar Constellation...
by Michael Belfiore | Dec 10, 2009 | Articles
Recent breakthroughs in scramjet engines could mean two-hour flights from New York to Tokyo. They could also mean missiles capable of striking any continent in a moment’s notice. No wonder the race to develop them is as fierce as ever. By Michael Belfiore....
by Michael Belfiore | Dec 8, 2009 | Blog, Uncategorized
Congrats to Virgin Galactic and Scaled Composites for last night’s dramatic rollout of SpaceShipTwo in Mojave.California governor Schwarzenegger was on hand to help christen the ship the VSS Enterprise, and then some 800 spectators partied on—at least until high...
