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Solar Power Could Reach $1 Per Watt By 2020

Posted in Hardware on 8th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller

Solar power is the fastest-growing form of power generation in the U.S., but it still accounts for just over 1 percent of U.S. electricity.

SpaceX Could Drive Launch Costs To Low Earth Orbit Below $1000 Per Pound This Year And Down To $10 Per Pound By 2025

Posted in Hardware on 8th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller

Full reusability can result in "a two order of magnitude reduction in the cost of spaceflight.

Gigantic Space-based Test To Detect Gravitational Waves

Posted in Hardware on 8th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller

A full-scale gravitational wave observatory in space would be able to detect fluctuations caused by the mergers of supermassive black holes in galaxies anywhere.

After Years Of Struggle, Tidal Powers Time May Have Arrived

Posted in Featured, Hardware on 31st May, 2016
by Alex Muller

Entrepreneurs have tried everything from mill wheels in the 1600s to turbines in the 2000s, only to have their hopes dashed by the waters crushing force.

SpaceX Launches Satellite And Makes An Ocean Landing

Posted in Hardware on 28th May, 2016
by Alex Muller

SpaceX has for the fourth time landed the Falcon 9s first stage after a challenging orbital launch. Its the third time that they landed a rocket on a moving robotic barge at sea.