Author: Mitali Doshi

As environment enthusiasts urge capitalists across the globe to take steps to combat the problems due to climate change, solar sails are quietly emerging as the future of the aerospace industry. Essentially reflective sheets that harness solar energy, solar cells save fuel and can also provide manoeuvrability to the spaceships of the future. The concept isn’t new. Astronomer Johannes Kepler mentioned solar sails nearly 400 years ago, when he observed that it can produce force as much as the terrestrial sails that trap wind power to propel ships. Read this post to find more about solar sails and their future. …

What if I told you that within a few years, you’ll have access to fast, high-speed internet wherever you are on this planet? Sounds far-fetched, doesn’t it? Ask that to Elon Musk, and he would’ve to disagree with you. For Musk and his team at SpaceX have come up with a first-in-class concept of space-based Internet connectivity. What this means is that undercut land- based networks which don’t have access to proper web connectivity, can experience speed up to 10Gbps, thereby making Starlink (the name of the project) a massive internet service provider. Also, take into account that 50% of…