If you look at some maps of space between the Sun and Mars, with Earth in between, the blackness of space is intersected with curved lines that look a lot like a topographic map of a wilderness on Earth.
Read MoreSend your device into space and bring back pure, luscious knowledge.
Read MoreWithout its wind tunnels, the aeronautics industry would have struggled to get off the ground.
Read MoreAmerica needs a mission that strains our capabilities, one that’s hard. NASA hard. What in heaven could such a mission be? I’ve been suggesting it throughout this book. It’s the Gravity Well. The next president should enshrine that mission within a vision. It could go something like this...
Read MoreSir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic has already signed up 700 tourists like Lady Gaga and Leo DiCaprio at a mere quarter-million apiece. Still a little steep for you? Don't worry. The competition is growing.
Read MoreWhy do dotcom billionaires flock to the space industry? Because space is a lot like what made them rich in the first place. It's technological, packed with challenges, and way out there.
Read MoreSpace industry pioneer Burt Rutan thought he was a maverick. But he was galloping on the shoulders of giants.
Read MoreIt really wasn’t that long ago when the two greatest superpowers were vying to put satellites into space. Now, 50 nations have their own satellites in low Earth orbit. If you’re a Thailand, say, you can call Space Systems/Loral, a Canadian-owned company based in Palo Alto, California, and tell them you want to put a satellite into geostationary orbit for television broadcasting or military communications. You can have the thing in orbit 25,000 miles above Earth within two years.
