Doom Rocket Man Preps for Liftoff

That’s the title of my latest story for Wired.com on the upcoming X Prize Cup. It’ll run as the top story through the weekend.In it I mention that X Prize chairman Peter Diamandis is launching a new venture on Monday. I’ve managed to uncover its...

da Vinci Project still racing to space

Just got off the phone with Brian Feeney, head of the GoldenPalace.com Space Program Powered by the da Vinci Project (say that 10 times real fast).This is an all-volunteer effort out of Toronto to launch Feeney into suborbital space aboard a space capsule and booster...

My PopSci cover story now on the Web

My October cover story for Popular Science on t/Space is now up on PopSci.com. Full text and all images from the print version. Enjoy!Also I’ve just landed an assignment to blog from the X Prize Cup for PopSci.com. It’s an exclusive they have, so I...