Space-Based Solar Power for U.S. Energy Independence

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 14:33:26 +0000

Space-based solar power (SBSP) could prove transformative to global energy demand by providing price-efficient, continuous clean energy from orbit (Figure 1). Recent developments, including low-cost space access, mass-produced satellites, robotics, […]

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New Theory Explains Sand Ripples on Mars & on Earth

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 05:17:12 +0000

Common causes could upend previous understandings. Sand ripples are fascinating. They are symmetrical, yet wind, which causes them, is very much not. Furthermore, they can be found on Mars and on Earth. They would be even more fascinating if the same effect found on Mars could be found here on … [continued]

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Climate Damage Caused by Growing Space Tourism Needs Urgent Mitigation

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2022 14:40:50 +0000

A formidable space tourism industry may have a greater climate effect than the aviation industry and undo repair to the protective ozone layer if left unregulated, according to a new study led by UCL Earth’s Future. Courtesy of UCL. Published today in the journal Earth’s Future, researchers from UCL, the University of Cambridge and Massachusetts Institute […]

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The Key Takeaways From SpaceX’s Starship Event

Credit to Author: Harry Stoltz| Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 00:00:22 +0000

SpaceX founder Elon Musk took stage on Thursday night to deliver new information about the company’s Mars rocket, Starship.  For the first time since 2019, SpaceX updated the public on Starship development in an official event. The presentation was notably light on new information, but rather served as an aggregate of progress made over the […]

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The Origins of Starman, Tesla-Inspired Superhero

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 04:13:18 +0000

By day, he’s a mild-mannered company director in the software industry. But when duty calls, he suits up, and uses his powers to advance the cause of clean energy and transportation, foiling the nefarious schemes of fossil-fueled evildoers

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