SpaceX Dragon on Station

It’s almost, but not quite, becoming routine. Private aerospace company SpaceX is on its third mission to the International Space Station, delivering cargo, including fresh fruit to the crew. It launched on March 1. There’s been a glitch on each of the...

Planetary Defense Conference 2013

I’ve just returned from Northern Arizona University, or NAU, in Flagstaff, Arizona, where I spoke to students and faculty about some of the disruptive innovation I’ve been covering as a journalist, and how it’s being pulled off. I also sat down with...

Steven Chu and Elon Musk on Innovation

I’m at the ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit just outside Washington, DC. Elon Musk–head of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, two companies attempting to upend their respective industries–and Stephen Chu, the US Secretary of Energy, spoke to a crowded ballroom...