by Michael Belfiore | Apr 2, 2012 | Articles, Blog
In case you missed it on the magazine racks, you can read the complete text of my March cover story for Air & Space magazine at airspacemag.com. Eric Anderson pioneered the commercial space flight industry, before anyone knew it could be a real business. His...
by Michael Belfiore | Mar 16, 2012 | Blog
X PRIZE founder Peter Diamandis teamed with science writer Steven Kotler to write a book that looks to be the start of a movement, not just a treatise on how to make the world a better place, though it is that too. It’s that powerful. Diamandis and Kotler lay...
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 | Mar 5, 2012 | Blog
At a Southern California YPO meeting in February, I moderated a discussion between Virgin Galactic’s Will Pomerantz and Boeing’s John Schindler. As Director of Program Integration for Boeing’s Commercial Crew Program, Schindler is one of the managers in...
by Michael Belfiore | Feb 16, 2012 | Blog
Draper labs has released this video of a test flight by Masten Space Systems earlier this month in Mojave. A Draper guidance, navigation and control package on top of Masten’s XOMBIE vehicle guides it through launch, rocket-powered hover, downrange flight, and...
by Michael Belfiore | Feb 1, 2012 | Blog
On a recent visit to Mojave Air & Spaceport, I stopped in on XCOR Aerospace for an update on the development of their new suborbital spaceship, called the Lynx. The Lynx builds on XCOR’s successful experience with reusable, restartable rocket engines and...
