Intuitive Machines, Star Catcher Team On Optical Power Beaming

Star Catcher Industries
Credit: Star Catcher Industries
HOUSTON—Recent ground testing of Intuitive Machines’ (IM) Moon RACER Lunar Terrain vehicle with rechargeable batteries included a successful beamed power demonstration—a concept for collecting sunlight in lunar orbit and beaming it wirelessly to solar panels on the Moon’s surface. The test campaign...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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