by Michael Belfiore | Nov 13, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
I’ll be on Dr. David (“Dr. Space”) Livingston’s “The Space Show” to talk about my forthcoming commercial spaceflight book tomorrow night!If you’re in the Seattle area, you can tune in to KKNW at 1150 AM at 7 p.m. Pacific time,...
by Michael Belfiore | Oct 5, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
I think it’s a clean, elegant design that tells the story. How do you show some exciting rocket hardware on a book jacket without favoring any one project or builder? That’s how. The designers had a tough assignment and I think they pretty much aced it....
by Michael Belfiore | Sep 28, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
I’m at the Javits Center in New York City for Wired magazine’s NextFest 2006, where the Virgin Group’s chief Richard Branson (center), Virgin Galactic president Will Whitehorn (left), and V.P. of astronaut relations Steve Attenborough this morning...
by Michael Belfiore | Sep 25, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
The sales and marketing folks at Smithsonian Books had a good point: the original title for my forthcoming book on commercial spaceflight was going to be a mouthful for anyone trying to order it.I like the sound of “The Entreprenauts,” but people reading...
by Michael Belfiore | Sep 18, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft lifted off early this morning carrying Anousheh Ansari, who helped to fund the $10 million Ansari X PRIZE for the first commercial spaceship.Not only is Ansari the first woman to pay her own way into space, she’s also the first...
by Michael Belfiore | Sep 16, 2006 | Blog, Uncategorized
Check out the spiffy new banner above, from Bigelow Aerospace’s “Fly Your Stuff” program. Bigelow’s next space launch, currently scheduled for January 2007, will carry the cover of my book about commercial spaceflight. The book is due out next...
