Opinion: Caltech’s big energy breakthrough from outer space
In a world of relentless hype, where everything is either apocalyptic or transformative, the folks at Caltech tend to play their cards pretty close to the vest. For this reason, both eyebrows shot northward when I read Caltech President Thomas F. Rosenbaum’s describe the school’s privately funded MAPLE project as “a remarkable payoff for humanity.”
This is a genuine eureka moment on the order of Edison’s lightbulb, the Wright brothers’ flights at Kitty Hawk and the splitting of the atom. MAPLE promises “a world powered by uninterruptible renewable energy,” according to Rosenbaum. On Jan. 3, Caltech launched solar panels into orbit to collect the sun’s energy. Because these panels are not impacted by the Earth’s atmosphere, weather or the day/night cycle disrupting terrestrial panels, they are eight to nine times more powerful than ground-based solar.
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