Space Settlement

Meet the Sol-Char, an Incinerating Solar Powered Toilet

Meet the Sol-Char, an Incinerating Solar Powered Toilet

One of the long term challenges facing would-be pioneers off planet, is what to do with the all the waste generated.  While the space station has experimented with partially closed loop recycling systems, producing potable water from urine,  there is of course the other inevitable by-product of human presence to deal with as well, and […]

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Tesla Model S Wins Consumer Reports Best Overall Car 2014

Tesla Model S Wins Consumer Reports Best Overall Car 2014

Tesla continues to do to the rest of the automotive world what SpaceX is doing to the aerospace industry; make us all wonder if everyone has just been dialing it in for far too long now. Adding to its growing list of accomplishments,  the Tesla Model S has been named the Consumer Reports Best Overall […]

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Tesla Motors Continues to Accelerate

Tesla Motors Continues to Accelerate

Innerspace.net regularly reports on the phenomenon of Tesla Motors for two reasons.  The first, and most obvious is the connection between Tesla and SpaceX in Elon Musk. Given the SpaceX founder’s role in both companies, it is impossible for the fortunes of one not to influence the fate of another. With Tesla already a publicly […]

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Good News for Mars Colonists: Solar Power Conversion Efficiency is on the Rise

Good News for Mars Colonists: Solar Power Conversion Efficiency is on the Rise

As part of expanded coverage under its “News for the New Frontier ” theme, Innerspace.net will be covering a wide variety of news items whose long term impacts could play a decisive role into when, how and to what extent the human race takes takes the next step towards becoming an interplanetary species.   Launch […]

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