A fleet of sensor-packed balloons will hit the stratosphere this summer

World View wants to occupy the sky. Its sensor-packed balloons sit in the stratosphere, taking in data and imaging the ground. The company completed test flights to tweak flight and navigation issues, and is now ready for its balloons to operate in t...

What Every Leader Must Know About Personal Development


Man is a mystery. If you spend your entire life trying to puzzle it out do not say that you’ve wasted your time. I occupy myself with this mystery because I want to be a man. - Fyodor Dostoevsky...
    






Eleven Great Space Moments Of 2013


It was nearly 50 years ago that Star Trek first dubbed space as “the final frontier.” Today, it’s still a frontier, but it’s a busy one. People from dozens of nations, as well as private industry,...
    






FAA Approves World View Capsule for 100,000-Foot Passenger Flights


Earlier this month word surfaced that a company called World View was seeking FAA approval for a capsule that would be attached to the bottom of the massive helium balloon. That helium balloon will...