by Michael Belfiore | Mar 14, 2012 | Articles, Blog
I got the assignment in December, soon after Paul Allen and Burt Rutan announced their intention to create the world’s largest aircraft with the eventual goal of launching up to six astronauts into orbit. I was on an unplugged vacation with the family in the...
by Michael Belfiore | Dec 1, 2011 | Articles
By Michael Belfiore. CNN.com, August 15, 2011. The HTV-2’s hypersonic glide flight test was but one of many high-risk, potentially high-payoff projects funded by DARPA. DARPA is America’s hidden innovation engine. Not so many know the name, but nearly...
by Michael Belfiore | Feb 8, 2011 | Articles
Review of Jet Age by Sam Howe Verhovek. By Michael Belfiore. New York Times, February 6, 2011. “Jet Age” is ostensibly about the race between two companies and nations to commercialize a military technology and define a new era of air travel. There’s Boeing with its...
by Michael Belfiore | Aug 11, 2010 | Articles
Energy harvested from our bodies will make possible mind-boggling gadgetry. By Michael Belfiore. Smithsonian magazine, August 2010. Sensor-studded clothing worn by a soldier tracks his movements and vital signs. A disposable electrocardiogram machine the size of a...
by Michael Belfiore | Apr 27, 2010 | Articles
Researchers create an all-liquid-metal battery that could allow alternative power schemes to flourish. Plus, three more breakthrough technologies that the U.S. Department of Energy is funding now. By Michael Belfiore. Popular Mechanics, April 27, 2010. Plans to add...
by Michael Belfiore | Feb 1, 2010 | Articles
By Michael Belfiore. February 1, 2010. Is Obama’s just-released NASA budget the “death march for the future of U.S. human space flight,” as Senator Richard Shelby proclaims on his website today? Or is it in fact a new beginning for the space agency?...
