by Michael Belfiore | May 31, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
“Your picture here!” That’s the word from Robert Bigelow, who’s just filled me in on the launch of his program to involve the public in his commercial space station program.On June 16, he’ll use a Russian Dnepr rocket to launch a...
by Michael Belfiore | May 25, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
Just got a press release from the X PRIZE Foundation’s Ian Murphy about the inaugural Heinlein Prize–$500,000 to individuals helping to commercialize space. X PRIZE founder Peter Diamandis will get the award at a dinner in Houston on July 7.The Robert A....
by Michael Belfiore | May 15, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
NASA’s schedule calls for awarding Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) funding for servicing the International Space Station with private spaceships on August 8.Six commercial space companies have made it to the final round for consideration by...
by Michael Belfiore | May 9, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
No one I’ve spoken with is going on record yet, but I’m hearing from reliable sources that NASA made the first round of cuts for its Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) contracts with phone calls this morning.Out of an estimated 24 companies...
by Michael Belfiore | May 6, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
Sam Dinkin, CEO of SpaceShot, the just-launched online game giving away rides to suborbital space as prizes, told me at the ISDC yesterday that his best customer has plunked down $500 in SpaceShot’s first month of operation. Space-Shot.com got 15,000 page views...
