Space Based Solar Power Fuels Vision of Global Energy Security
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BRECKENRIDGE, Colorado &#150; The deployment of space platforms that capture sunlight for beaming down electrical power to Earth is under review by the Pentagon, as a way to offer global energy and security benefits &#150;  including the prospect of short-circuiting future resource wars between increasingly energy-starved nations.
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On Thursday, astronauts from the Space Shuttle Discovery moved the International Space Station one step closer to completion by rerouting its power systems to use a new, more efficient solar array.
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A device that turns heat to sound and sound to electricity could power spacecraft.
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Photovoltaics made of nanowires could power small devices and lead to cheaper solar panels.
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Physicists have dreamt about it for decades: harnessing the fusion process that powers the sun to make clean, safe and limitless energy.Comment
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It's the year 2020, and space has never been so busy. Picture this:In Earth orbit, a robotic maintenance ship skitters from one weather satellite to another, upgrading powerful optics that help meteorologists track dangerous storms.
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A proposed solar telescope could help scientists gain a clearer picture of the link between sunspots and solar storms, which can spur power outages on Earth.
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Two solar energy panels that will   eventually double power to the International Space Station   slowly unfurled on Thursday, wrapping up the most crucial job   of the shuttle Atlantis' flight.
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BRIC nation Sun Microsystems is looking to billions of citizens in Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC), defined by the west as emerging economies, for long-term success.â¦
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 24 (OneWorld) - Solar power is the fastest growing source of energy in the world and likely will become much more affordable in the next few years, according to a new report out this week.
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&quot;We have one solar maximum left to learn what we need to know before we send humans back to the Moon.&quot; â-Prof. Robert Lin, Chairman of the Solar Sentinels Working Group, SPD, June 2006
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Also: Space station spreads its solar wings. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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ORLANDO, Florida -- Replanting boot prints on the Moon. Hurling expeditionary crews to distant and dusty Mars and other destinations. Executing a 21st century outreach campaign to faraway worlds demands a safe, sustainable, and affordable transport vehicle system.
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HOUSTON, June 12 -- The international space station deployed  a new power source Tuesday, unfolding a pair of 115-foot-long solar wings like an accordion window blind.
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Pie charts compare energy sources now to goals for 2030. It had better not be pie in the sky, or the sky may be falling.
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Researchers have harnessed the light harvesting molecules of spinach and bacteria to make solar cells that could one day be sprayed on many surfaces.
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For a U.S. military increasingly dependent on sophisticated satellites for communicating, gathering intelligence and guiding missiles, the possibility that those space-based systems could come under attack has become a growing worry -- and the perceived need to defend them ever more urgent. And...