Tech luminary puts the 'space' in cyberspace On October 20, Airship Ventures' zeppelin will arrive in Moffett Field. It's exciting news for everyone in the Bay Area, including Esther Dyson, an investor in Airship Ventures. Yet gliding in an airship is hardly an adventure when compared to rocketing into the stars and putting one foot on the moon. For $3 million, Esther is crossing her fingers that the ride of her life isn't the one that sails through the sky like a floating hotel.  "I'm going to be training to be a backup for a commercial space astronaut," said Esther, who coincidentally  faxed her space-training paperwork while at my office for this interview. For the several-million-dollar lottery ticket, Esther goes to space-training camp in Moscow next year, ... [ Read more ]