by Michael Belfiore | Jan 30, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
Just got out of a press conference in New York where Peter Diamandis and Granger Whitelaw introduced the first team of their Rocket Racing League (RRL), Leading Edge Rocket Racing. Robert “Bobaloo” Rickard and Don “Dagger” Grantham, both F-16...
by Michael Belfiore | Jan 20, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
If you can get near a TV today between 1 and 1:30 pm Eastern Time, tune into CNN Headline News. My features editor at Popular Science, Eric Adams, will be on to talk about the Rocket Racing League. I might be able to upload a clip of it afterwards…probably...
by Michael Belfiore | Jan 11, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
The February Popular Science has just hit the stands with my cover story on the Rocket Racing League. The RRL and the folks at XCOR, the RRL’s builder, say they’re happy with it, which makes me happy.Lots of great photos by Mike Massee, who shoots for both...
by Michael Belfiore | Jan 3, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
It’s not my title–my next door neighbor gave it to me a couple years back. And it’s not original to him. But it’s the name of my book on commercial spaceflight. And now I’ve got a publisher: Smithsonian Books/Harper Collins. Full working...
by Michael Belfiore | Dec 14, 2005 | Blog, Uncategorized
Virgin Group chairman Sir Richard Branson announced yesterday that he’s cut a deal with the State of New Mexico to build a commercial spaceport in Upham, New Mexico, about 30 miles east of Truth or Consequences, NM. He and New Mexico governor Bill Richardson are...
