Jade Star Belfiore

My second daughter, Jade Star, was born Saturday, 3/28/09, at 4:19
a.m. She was 6 pounds, 11 ounces.

She made a dramatic entrance; Wendy and I only barely made it to the
hospital in time after a very short labor. Jade was in Wendy's arms
within 10 minutes of our hitting the door.

Both Wendy and Jade are in perfect health. I'll bring them home this
morning, after taking our 3-year-old, Amelie, to daycare.

Space Dominance

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 ambitious government space programs ramping up around the world, we're definately heading into a new era.