Wired: Robot Cars for Everyone

By Michael Belfiore. Wired, November 1, 2007. The question on a lot of people’s minds here at DARPA’s race for driverless cars is “when can I get mine?” So I went and asked Michael Darms, a Continental Automotive Systems engineer working with Carnegie...

Financial Times: Space for Everyone

By Michael Belfiore. Financial Times, October 20 2007. How does flying in space for a private company differ from flying for the government? ‘In the commercial world, the time scales involved are being dramatically cut,’ says Brian Binnie. Indeed, Binnie...

My commentary in Financial Times

My commentary on commercial spaceflight and its relevance to this month’s Sputnik anniversary just went up on the website of Financial Times.Choice quote, from former space shuttle astronaut and now author Tom Jones:”I think we’re stepping into a new...

Rocketeers video

It’s here! My video production partner Mark Greene of Pecos Pictures posted a video promoting my book Rocketeers to YouTube last night.The piece includes video we shot in Huntsville, Alabama along with great clips from many of the major players in the commercial...