A Starlink train passing through auroras over rural Saskatchewan in November 2025. (Samantha Lawler), CC BY-NC-ND.
More than 10,000 Starlink satellites currently orbit the Earth. We see them crawling across dark skies, no matter how remote our location, and streaking through images from research telescopes. SpaceX recently announced that it wants to launch one million more of these satellites as orbital data centres for AI computing power. A few years ago, we wrote a paper … [continued]
Everything is wonderful and perfect and industry leading at Elon Musk companies … until it is not. We’ve seen it time and time again at Tesla, where we find out about insanely stupid decisions and distractions long after the company scrambled to fix them and went down a new route. … [continued]
Sales of Tesla Powerwall batteries are in danger of sputtering out, even as the company launches its own line of residential solar panels.
SpaceX has a plan to put a million solar powered data centers into orbit around the Earth to power the next generation of AI.
Well, things might be getting wild. When SolarCity was facing financial challenges, Tesla swallowed it up. Elon Musk was the Chairman of the Board at SolarCity, and his cousins were the cofounders, CEO, and CTO. The synergies were supposed to help both, but Tesla’s solar business has declined a great … [continued]
The news headlines this morning celebrated the inauguration of New York City Mayor, Zohran Mamdani. During his inaugural address the Democratic Socialist pledged to turn the city’s efforts to uplifting working people. That news of egalitarianism is at the opposite end of the spectrum from a recent SpaceX letter to … [continued]
ChatGPT generated image of China’s proposed space-based solar array concept in geosynchronous orbit, beaming power down to Earth
Space-based solar power is having another moment in the sun. The idea has been circulating for more than half a century, rising and fading with each new wave of optimism about technology’s ability to overcome gravity. The renewed excitement today stems from one thing: China has joined the conversation. When … [continued]
Several Chinese companies are working on reusable rockets like SpaceX has. Even Honda wants a piece of that action.
Tesla shareholders held onto an idealistic perception that CEO Elon Musk’s return to business would right the all-electric ship. Sure, the company gained more than 22% for the month of May. Yet, former fanbois continue to be disillusioned about Musk’s ties to Trump and Musk’s endorsement of right-wing politics such … [continued]
Over Memorial Day Weekend, 37,000 flags planted on Boston Common were a solemn tribute to Massachusetts’ state war dead through the generations. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of Veterans Administration (VA) employees were in shock as they prepared for deep staffing cuts. VA reductions in force clearly will severely damage care … [continued]
