by Michael Belfiore | Mar 5, 2009 | Blog, Uncategorized
Popular Mechanics made my roundup of spacefaring nations and their current capabilities the top story on popularmechanics.com today.With the Space Shuttle set to retire next year, the Russians getting increasingly focused on manned commercial spaceflight, and...
by Michael Belfiore | Feb 9, 2009 | Blog, Uncategorized
Popular Mechanics has made my first published piece for them the lead story today on popularmechanics.com.The story explores possible ways to get to space on the cheap–really cheap–like 20 bucks for a trip to suborbital space.I also provided initial...
by Michael Belfiore | Jan 30, 2009 | Blog, Uncategorized
Today I launched some upgrades on my website to reflect a new focus for my work: high-tech copywriting.I’ve been engaged in marketing and public relations writing in one form or another since 1995, when I became a freelance technical writer for companies like...
by Michael Belfiore | Jan 22, 2009 | Blog, Uncategorized
The article I wrote on what it takes to be a commercial spaceship pilot for the March issue of Air & Space is now available online.The piece was a ball to write–I got to try out the centrifuge at the National Aerospace Training and Research Training, or...
by Michael Belfiore | Jan 21, 2009 | Blog, Uncategorized
At the instigation of my friend Ben Zackheim, I’ve started a Twitter feed that will keep you up-to-date on my progress as I finish my DARPA book as well as other projects I’m working on.See the widget that appears to the right of this post to for the...
by Michael Belfiore | Jan 9, 2009 | Blog, Uncategorized
I learned this week from DARPA public relations officer Jan Walker that Tony Tether, the agency’s director, will remain in charge when Obama takes office as President. “Dr. Tether will be here after Jan. 20, and there’s no formal date on which he...
