by Michael Belfiore | May 7, 2007 | Blog, Uncategorized
It’s a dream come true for me–the chance to talk and sign books at the permanent home of SpaceShipOne. I’ll be at the National Air & Space Museum’s gift shop on the National Mall on the anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, July 20,...
by Michael Belfiore | May 3, 2007 | Blog, Uncategorized
It’s official: my forthcoming book, Rocketeers, will launch at the Space Frontier Foundation’s NewSpace 2007 conference. The conference runs July 18-21 in Washington, DC, more than a week before the book’s release to stores. Conference-goers will...
by Michael Belfiore | May 1, 2007 | Blog, Uncategorized
I have an excerpt from my forthcoming book, Rocketeers, up at the newly revamped michaelbelfiore.com.Check it out and let me know what you think (yes, that’s Tim Pickens riding his rocket bike). Let me know what you think of the new site too.
by Michael Belfiore | Apr 29, 2007 | Blog, Uncategorized
I spoke this weekend with lunalight4r5d, the winner of the $75,100 eBay auction for last Thursday’s zero-g flight with physicist Stephen Hawking. Lunalight4r5d, who wishes to remain anonymous, gave me the best endorsement of the zero-g experience I’ve...
by Michael Belfiore | Apr 25, 2007 | Blog, Uncategorized
Okay, well, not quite, but my role in creating the book is over, and now it’s up to the production department at Smithsonian Books to input my final, handwritten changes to the layout, and ship it to the printer. My editor hopes to have bound galleys ready for...
by Michael Belfiore | Apr 22, 2007 | Blog, Uncategorized
Looks like the Virgin Group has beat me to the punch with a commercial spaceflight book out a few months in advance of my Rocketeers.I don’t consider this book a true competitor, though, since it’s published by one of the main players in the commercial...
