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You can't turn solar cells off

tevarin Nov 03, 2007 08:22

UPDATE: Yay!

" CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Astronauts successfully unfurled a torn solar power wing at the international space station on Saturday after spacewalker Scott Parazynski cut loose a tangled clump of wires and patched everything up.Read more... )

electrical, photovoltaic, space station, repair, energy, elevator, space, solar

Great minds think alike?

tevarin Oct 12, 2007 10:23

Here's the new University of British Columbia space elevator climber entry for 2007 ( Read more... )

tensile, competition, climber, elevator, centennial challenge, nasa, engineering, space, kite

A private company is launching a space tether

tevarin Mar 29, 2007 15:05

"A thermos-flask-sized satellite that will ride up and down a 1-kilometre-long tether in space, like a skier in a gondola lift, is set to launch on 17 April ( Read more... )

elevator, tether, engineering, space, satellite