by Michael Belfiore | Feb 19, 2013 | Blog
I was talking with a customer support person on the phone yesterday, and somehow the conversation got around to asteroids (don’t ask) and what we can do about an incoming. She was quick to assume there’s nothing we can do about meteorite impacts. Actually...
by Michael Belfiore | Feb 15, 2013 | Articles, Blog
I’ve posted a new, free paper on my website, called “Rapid Innovation on the Cheap: Lessons from DARPA and the Commercial Space Age.” This distills lessons learned from my reporting (ten years this year!) on some of the most extraordinary technology...
by Michael Belfiore | Feb 8, 2013 | Articles, Blog
On Friday, February 15, 2013, an asteroid the size of half a football field—50 meters or so in diameter—will come within a hair of hitting Earth. At closest approach, it will pass a mere 17,000 miles away, well within the orbit of our geosynchronous communications...
