by Michael Belfiore | Sep 2, 2008 | Blog
I’m just finishing up a chapter in my DARPA book on the Trauma Pod project.Last month I visited the project’s headquarters at SRI International in Menlo Park, California, where I snapped this picture of the robot surgical system at the heart of the...
by Michael Belfiore | Jul 28, 2008 | Blog
I’ve just return from Mojave to Los Angeles via a specially chartered Virgin America flight for reporters to witness the rollout of Virgin Galactic’s White Knight 2.The ship isn’t flying yet–it’ll begin ground tests tomorrow and flight...
by Michael Belfiore | Jul 26, 2008 | Blog
I have on my desk the paperback edition of my book Rocketeers, which goes on sale Tuesday, July 29.This edition features a few corrections and updates, and also a bibliography, which the hardback version doesn’t have.Cover price is $14.95, and it’ll be...
by Michael Belfiore | Jul 25, 2008 | Blog
I’m packing up to head to California for the rollout of Virgin Galactic’s White Knight 2, built by Scaled Composites.White Knight 2 is a B-29-sized four-engine jet made of carbon fiber composites that was designed to carry an 8-seat spaceship called...
by Michael Belfiore | Jul 24, 2008 | Blog
The media reps at XCOR Aerospace and the Rocket Racing League (RRL) have just filled me on on their plans for demo flights and presentations at the EAA AirVenture Convention at Oshkosh, Wisconsin.XCOR’s engineers have been hard at work perfecting the Rocket...
