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SOLAR-1 Begins Space Weather Watch From Lagrange Point 1
3+ hour, 29+ min ago (415+ words) James Hydzik is a technology geek focused on the junction of engineering, writing, and coffee. He joined Orbital Today in 2020 to help make sense of the Johnson government's decision to buy One Web. Since then, he has taken on interviewing…...
Space Solar Enters NATO Accelerator With Energy Sovereignty In Mind
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (550+ words) James Hydzik is a technology geek focused on the junction of engineering, writing, and coffee. He joined Orbital Today in 2020 to help make sense of the Johnson government's decision to buy One Web. Since then, he has taken on interviewing…...
Report: OCI Terra Sus Of Malaysia And Space X In Talks For Polysilicon Supply
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (253+ words) Image Credit OCI Terra Sus According to a new report, OCI Terra Sus and Space X are reportedly engaging in talks regarding the supply of polysilicon. Both firms have yet to confirm these claims, which were made by a South…...
Britain To Fire Solar Power From Orbit To Antarctica In Energy First
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (393+ words) Britain is preparing to beam electricity from orbit to the frozen edge of Antarctica, replacing diesel at one of its most remote scientific outposts and laying the groundwork for space power stations aimed at the South of England. If successful,…...
Miliband Targets The Sky With Radical Plan To Beam Energy From Space
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (397+ words) Britain's net zero strategy has taken a dramatic turn " upwards. A government-commissioned study now argues that orbiting solar power stations could supply the UK with constant, large-scale electricity, bypassing the limits of wind, weather and daylight. At the political centre…...
Elon Musk Says Earth Has Months Left to Power the AI Boom
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (390+ words) Rather than treating AI as a purely digital problem, Musk reframed it as an industrial one. Electricity, not code, is the true bottleneck. In his view, the growing energy demands of advanced AI systems mean that relying solely on Earth-based…...
Tesla Admits Optimus Robots Are Doing No Useful Work & Other Things We Learned From Mag 7 Earnings
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (359+ words) Mag 7 earnings last week produced one disclosure that cut through years of speculation. Tesla admitted that none of its Optimus humanoid robots are currently doing useful work inside its factories. The acknowledgement, made during the company's earnings call, directly contradicted…...
No, Elon Musk Has Not Unveiled a $13 Billion "Star Jet" Space Plane
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (415+ words) Credit: FB post from All Anomalien Social media has been buzzing with dramatic posts alleging that Elon Musk has introduced a futuristic aircraft capable of leaping from a runway to the edge of space in one smooth ascent. According to…...
Star Catcher Breaks Record for Laser Power Beaming in Step Toward Orbital Energy Grid
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (356+ words) Credit: Star Catcher Industries Over a multiday campaign at the Space Florida Launch and Landing Facility, Star Catcher beamed more than 10 megajoules of energy, marking what CEO Andrew Rush called "definitive proof of the soundness and maturity of our approach…...