Space Solar Power To Other Renewables: Hold My Beer
A newly launched prototype puts the US front and center in the space solar power race, and the electrofuels field is taking notice.
A newly launched prototype puts the US front and center in the space solar power race, and the electrofuels field is taking notice.
That’s how Stephen and Debbie describe their experience of going from a 16 year old Honda CRV to the refreshed MG ZS EV. They can’t stop driving it and have done 900 km in the last two weeks. The car is proving itself beyond their expectations, and the support they … [continued]
Space is a tough place to be. People complain online about Texas weather swinging from hot to freezing in mere days or hours (and maybe even display weather that belongs in all four seasons within a week), but just a couple hundred miles above the state, the swings are even … [continued]
Aviation and aerospace used to be sexy all the time. People dressed up to fly on airplanes. It used to be an event. Being an airline pilot used to be a combination of swashbuckler and nomad, with a lover in every (air)port. Now, not so much.
When Toyota announced its plan in April of 2021 to introduce a full line-up of 70 electrified vehicles by 2025, with 15 BEVs, including 7 new models and the already available bZ, it also set in motion a series of peripheral manufacturing and R&D actions. Just over a year later, … [continued]
CHICAGO, Aug. 22, 2022 — Studies have shown that pollution, whether from factories or traffic-snarled roads, disproportionately affects communities where economically disadvantaged people and Hispanic, Black and Asian people live. As technology has improved, scientists have begun documenting these disparities in detail, but information on daily variations has been lacking. … [continued]
Europe plans to move forward with research into the feasibility of space-based solar power to supply clean energy to the region.
Tesla Mosaic, which contains thousands of photos, images, and sketches, is now traveling towards an unknown destiny in space. Tesla not only sent this collection of visual human memories into space, but some customers with 25 or more referral wins were able to send the data of their choice as … [continued]
NASA took its Artemis Accords to Saudi Arabia last week and secured a promise to collaborate on missions to the Moon, and beyond.
Making more moves in the electric aviation arena, electric propulsion company Evolito has acquired aerospace battery company Electroflight. Perhaps the most interesting part of the news, though, is that the two young companies previously collaborated under the name YASA. “Having previously worked together, as YASA, we successfully powered the worlds … [continued]