by Michael Belfiore | Dec 8, 2005 | Blog, Uncategorized
At last, the moment the commercial space world has been waiting for: on Monday NASA posted its official request for proposals to build commercial spaceships that can send crew and/or cargo to the International Space Station.Details...
by Michael Belfiore | Dec 5, 2005 | Blog, Uncategorized
When Popular Science sent me to the X Prize Cup in Las Cruces, New Mexico last October it was with strict orders to come back with material for future PopSci articles. It was a productive trip; number three of the resulting articles ships to the printer today....
by Michael Belfiore | Nov 26, 2005 | Blog, Uncategorized
I’m listening in on a conference call for the first launch of a Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) Falcon 1 rocket. Falcon 1 will carry an Air Force Academy satellite into orbit from SpaceX’s pad at the Kwajalein Atoll of the Marshall Islands.The...
by Michael Belfiore | Nov 25, 2005 | Blog, Uncategorized
Tomorrow Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), the maverick spaceship company run by PayPal founder Elon Musk, is to launch its first rocket, a satellite launcher called Falcon 1.I say “spaceship company” because Musk doesn’t intend to stop with...
by Michael Belfiore | Nov 18, 2005 | Blog, Uncategorized
The conference to announce the SpaceX launch date got underway at 2:15 Pacific. Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO talking now…Launch date is next week…6 Falcon 1’s are on the manefest. So whatever happens next week, the company will launch those. [seems to be...
