by Michael Belfiore | Sep 25, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
The sales and marketing folks at Smithsonian Books had a good point: the original title for my forthcoming book on commercial spaceflight was going to be a mouthful for anyone trying to order it.I like the sound of “The Entreprenauts,” but people reading...
by Michael Belfiore | Sep 18, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft lifted off early this morning carrying Anousheh Ansari, who helped to fund the $10 million Ansari X PRIZE for the first commercial spaceship.Not only is Ansari the first woman to pay her own way into space, she’s also the first...
by Michael Belfiore | Sep 16, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
Check out the spiffy new banner above, from Bigelow Aerospace’s “Fly Your Stuff” program. Bigelow’s next space launch, currently scheduled for January 2007, will carry the cover of my book about commercial spaceflight. The book is due out next...
by Michael Belfiore | Sep 13, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
You should be able to find the October issue of Popular Science on stands starting around now. I have a one-pager about Bigelow Aerospace’s Fly Your Stuff program on page 48 and a three-pager about the Lunar Lander Challenge beginning on page 38. Sorry, no links...
by Michael Belfiore | Sep 1, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
…and the crowd yawns. “I doubt that in the coming months and years I will be commenting much on Orion or the other shiny, precious projects in Mr. Griffin’s Constellation,” says Clark S. Lindsey, one of my favorite bloggers. I’m...
