by Michael Belfiore | Mar 30, 2009 | Blog, Uncategorized
My second daughter, Jade Star, was born Saturday, 3/28/09, at 4:19 a.m. She was 6 pounds, 11 ounces.She made a dramatic entrance; Wendy and I only barely made it to the hospital in time after a very short labor. Jade was in Wendy's arms within 10 minutes of our...
by Michael Belfiore | Mar 5, 2009 | Blog, Uncategorized
Popular Mechanics made my roundup of spacefaring nations and their current capabilities the top story on popularmechanics.com today.With the Space Shuttle set to retire next year, the Russians getting increasingly focused on manned commercial spaceflight, and...
by Michael Belfiore | Mar 1, 2009 | Articles
Meet the first commercial rocketship pilots. By Michael Belfiore. Air & Space Magazine, March 01, 2009. In the old days it was straightforward enough. The planet had two corps of astronauts, Soviet and U.S., and to join one, you had to be a military test pilot....
by Michael Belfiore | Feb 9, 2009 | Blog, Uncategorized
Popular Mechanics has made my first published piece for them the lead story today on popularmechanics.com.The story explores possible ways to get to space on the cheap–really cheap–like 20 bucks for a trip to suborbital space.I also provided initial...
by Michael Belfiore | Jan 30, 2009 | Blog, Uncategorized
Today I launched some upgrades on my website to reflect a new focus for my work: high-tech copywriting.I’ve been engaged in marketing and public relations writing in one form or another since 1995, when I became a freelance technical writer for companies like...
