In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at a startup that’s industrializing big satellite manufacturing, transparent insulation and more.

A King’s College London study found that space-based solar power could cut Europe’s land-based renewable needs by 80% by 2050. Japan and the U.S. are testing early prototypes that beam solar energy ...

Last year, Aetherflux, a startup founded by a physicist with a background in financial services, announced it was developing a novel space-based solar power technology. Instead of the large arrays in ...

Solar power has become an important part of our civilization, especially in recent years, and it is presently crucial to our existence. Solar panel farms spread far and wide across the planet, on ...

The energy sent is low-intensity, invisible infrared light, which allows ground-based solar projects to generate power even ...

Aetherflux has focused its efforts on space-based solar power, with the goal of "building an American power grid in space." ...

As global energy demands grow space-based solar power (SBSP) may offer a compelling long-term solution. A comprehensive international assessment completed under the International Academy of ...

SpaceX leads the race to build AI data centers in outer space, promising solar power and scalable computing beyond Earth.

Starcloud’s successful deployment of an orbital AI data center marks a pivotal test for space-based data center ...

The conversation around energy is changing fast. With growing concerns about energy security, climate targets, and the increasing pressure to meet rising global energy demand, solutions that were once ...

A future where your lights, phone, and even entire cities are powered by sunlight collected in orbit may not be far-fetched. A new study published in Joule00255-7) suggests that Europe could one day ...

Firefly Aerospace is the first commercial company to land and operate a spacecraft on the moon successfully. As part of its ...