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Made In Space proposes printing large solar arrays for small satellites Made In Space, the Silicon Valley startup focused on additive manufacturing in orbit, plans to boost the power available to small satellites with Archinaut, the company’s in-space manufacturing and assembling technology. Small satellites have solar panels that produce a kilowatt to a kilowatt and a half, said Andrew Rush, Made In Space chief executive. ... We can give you four to five kilowatts of power. Made In Space proposes launching a 150- to 300-kilogram satellite with a tightly-packed solar cell blanket and raw material needed to feed an onboard 3D printer. On orbit, the satellite would manufacture solar arrays optimized for microgravity. Solar arrays built on the ground are reinforced to withstand launch forces, stowed to fit in launch fairings and equipped with mechanisms to deploy in orbit. Instead, the Archinaut solar arrays would be designed for microgravity with a core lattice structure and a robotic arm to integrate the solar array blanket. Some emerging smallsat applications, from remote sensing to communications, demand more power than what solar cells on smallsats typically provide. With Archinaut, Made In Space plans to give satellite developers a way to equip small satellites with solar arrays as large as 20 square meters. In space manufacturing of satellites is an area of huge promise for commercial and government customers, Rush said July 25 at the International Space Station Research & Development conference here. In 2016, NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate awarded Made In Space and its partners Northrop Grumman and Oceaneering Space Systems a two-year $20 million contract to develop Archinaut, a robotic manufacturing and assembly platform to produce large structures in microgravity. The award was made through NASA’s Tipping Point program, which funds space technologies that promise significant benefits for government and commercial customers through public-private partnerships. Made In Space is seeking a follow-on contract for an on-orbit demonstration of its Archinaut technology, Rush said.

Sweden to reach its 2030 renewable energy target this year Sweden is on target to meet one of its renewable energy targets years ahead of schedule, and it’s thanks in part to wind turbines. In 2012, Norway and Sweden reached a joint agreement to increase their production of electricity from renewable energy sources by 28.4 terawatt hours (TWh) by 2020.... Sweden then increased its target, with the aim of adding another 18 TWh by 2030. Taking into account the number of wind turbines already built, plus planned wind turbine investments for the remainder of the year, Sweden is on track to hit its 2030 target - possibly by the end of the year. #WEF

Good news from HUD for Puerto Rico > U.S. Housing Department approves a $1.5 billion Puerto Rico disaster recovery plan > HUD also allocated $18.5 billion to rebuild communities impacted by the hurricanes.... > U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson announced that his agency has approved a $1.5 billion disaster recovery plan that Puerto Rico recently submitted for HUD’s review.

Furniture that changes shape, allowing multiple functionals and self packing and unpacking. #FuturecraftedFurniture

Watch the longest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century! Duration: 1 hour and 43 minutes Visibility: Australia, Africa, Asia, Europe and South America