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- $100M donation powers decade-long moonshot to create solar satellites that beam power to Earth Sat, 7 Aug 21, 5:23amIt sounds like a plan concocted by a supervillain, if that villain’s dastardly end was to provide cheap, clean power all over the world: launch a set of three-kilometer-wide solar arrays that beam the sun’s energy...
- New 3D solar cells capture sunlight from every angle Wed, 20 Jul 16, 11:40pmGeorgia Tech scientists developed three-dimensional solar cells which just hitched a ride to space this week on a SpaceX rocket. At the International Space Station, the solar cells will be tested to see how well they function...
- New 3-D solar cells hitched a ride to space for testing Wed, 20 Jul 16, 11:40pmGeorgia Tech scientists developed three-dimensional solar cells which just hitched a ride to space this week on a SpaceX rocket. At the International Space Station, the solar cells will be tested to see how well they function...
- NASA’s New Space Solar Arrays Fold Like Extreme Origami Flowers Wed, 20 Aug 14, 4:50amBigger is better when it comes to space-based solar panels - but rockets have a very limited amount of room, so getting them into orbit can be a challenge...
- NASA Creates Space Solar Arrays that Fold Like Extreme Origami Flowers Tue, 19 Aug 14, 8:00pmBigger is better when it comes to solar panels, but rockets have a very limited amount of space, so getting them into orbit can be a challenge. So where do NASA researchers turn when looking for solutions to their packing...
- Our Energy Predicament in Charts Thu, 28 Mar 13, 2:48amA friend asked me to put together a presentation on our energy predicament. I am not certain all of the charts in this post will go into it, but I thought others might be interested in a not-so-difficult version of the story...
- Watch as NASA’s Solar-Powered Twin GRAIL Spacecrafts Launch For the Moon This Morning! Thu, 8 Sep 11, 10:30pmT-minus ten minutes and counting! NASA is scheduled to launch its newest mission, The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, or GRAIL this morning at 8:37 9:16AM EDT...
- NASA’s Solar-Powered Twin GRAIL Spacecrafts Scheduled to Launch To The Moon Tomorrow Thu, 8 Sep 11, 2:04amExciting news – tomorrow, NASA is scheduled to launch its newest mission, The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory, or GRAIL. Two twin spacecrafts will be launched into orbit to get up close and personal with an...
- PG&E Announces Solar Power From Space By 2016 Tue, 21 Apr 09, 2:45amMicrowave beams sending electricity from space to power our homes may sound like a concept straight out of a science fiction novel, but with a recent announcement from PG&E, we may actually see a solar powered space station...