by Michael Belfiore | Apr 5, 2011 | Blog
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced the specs of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy at a press conference in Washington today. You can watch a recording of his presentation and Q&A session by linking through from the Falcon Heavy page on the SpaceX website:...
by Michael Belfiore | Mar 31, 2011 | Blog
This lucky bastard got to be the first journalist inside SpaceShipTwo, now under construction by Scaled Composites under contract with Virgin Galactic in Mojave. Play the video above to see the BBC’s Richard Scott giving a tour. What’s striking is how...
by Michael Belfiore | Mar 26, 2011 | Blog
Solar, wind, and other intermittent renewable energy sources have a major barrier to widespread adoption: the electric grid has no storage. The grid is essentially an enormous production center with no warehouse. Until that problem is solved, these clean technologies...
by Michael Belfiore | Mar 25, 2011 | Blog
With the ongoing problems following Japan’s earthquake and tsunami at the country’s affected nuclear power reactors, pundits are asking what effect, if any, this will have on US nuclear power production. It’s too early to tell, of course, but...
by Michael Belfiore | Mar 22, 2011 | Blog
In commentary for moonandback, Jason Rhian suggests that NASA is facing a mass exodus of its astronauts seeking greener pastures in the private sector. (See NASA Faces Potential Shortage Of Astronauts.) He cites astronaut Garrett Reisman’s recent move to SpaceX....
by Michael Belfiore | Mar 3, 2011 | Blog
Arun Majumdar at ARPA-E 2011brought to you by Livescribe At this week’s ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit near Washington, ARPA-E director Arun Majumdar made a compelling case for energy as the single most important challenge of our time. “The future of the...
