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- Japan Prepares to Launch Giant Net into Orbit to Sweep up Space Debris Thu, 16 Jan 14, 10:00pmIn late February, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is teaming up with a fishing equipment company to test out an unusual approach to fighting space junk: a satellite equipped with a 300-meter magnetic net that...
- Japan Plans to Harvest Solar Power from Space by 2030 Thu, 3 Oct 13, 8:37pmOne of the big downsides of solar power is how dependent it is on local weather conditions. If it's rainy or overcast, you can't harvest much energy during the day. During winter, the shortened hours of daylight mean solar...
- Sea Ice News Volume 4 Number 5: No ice free Arctic this year – it appears that Arctic sea ice has turned the corner Tue, 17 Sep 13, 6:57amIt looks like the Maslowski Countdown has ended early and there will be no “ice free Arctic” as predicted this year. From NSIDC, which has a 5 day average in the plot. It looks like the minimum extent is ~5.0-5.1...
- JAXA timing worst ever – switching Arctic Sea Ice software, right as the minimum is about to happen Sat, 7 Sep 13, 2:17amIt looks as if we are about to see the turn in Arctic sea ice, and if so it will be earlier than last year. But right at that same time, JAXA has decided to switch horses mid-stream. They say … Continue reading →
- 6 Out of This World Space-Based Solar Power Designs Tue, 18 Sep 12, 3:47amRead the rest of 6 Out of This World Space-Based Solar Power Designs Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: dyson-harrop, JAXA, nasa, Pat Rawlings, saic, sbsp, solar power satelite, space solar power,...
- CO2 emitted by the poor nations and absorbed by the rich. Oh the irony. (And this truth must not be spoken) Thu, 3 Nov 11, 6:51pmKudos to John O’Sullivan for finding this story; see the note at the end about the extraordinary response his post on this received.
- Japanese Space Agency to Use Fishing Nets to Scoop Up Space Junk Tue, 8 Feb 11, 5:53amIn a fascinating use of time-tested technology to address uniquely modern problems, Japanese space agency JAXA is teaming up with Japanese fishing net maker Nitto Seimo to haul in some of the 100,000-plus objects of space...
- NASA Set to Launch Solar NanoSail into Space Fri, 20 Aug 10, 4:41amThis year Inhabitat brought you the Japanese space agency’s successful deployment and use of a solar sail to propel its spacecraft Ikaros, and now NASA announced plans this week for its own solar sail mission...
- Japan’s Ikaros Spacecraft Successfully Propelled by Solar Sail Sat, 17 Jul 10, 3:30amWe’ve been following the progress of the Japanese spaceship IKAROS — the first to unfurl a solar sail in deep space. Today, the ship made the only first that really matters: it caught the sun’s rays with...
- Japanese Spacecraft Successfully Deploys First Solar Sail in Space Fri, 11 Jun 10, 3:45amthe Japanese space agency, JAXA, successfully unfurled a solar sail in space for the first time.
- Japan Gears Up to Launch “Ikaros” Solar Sail Spacecraft Thu, 29 Apr 10, 12:11amPhoto courtesy of JAXA Solar backpacks and sun-fueled vehicles are impressive, but a solar-powered spacecraft just blows our minds. Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, plans to launch a spacecraft powered...