Latest briefing · October 10, 2026
NASA and DOE's Nuclear Push Forces a Lunar Surface Power Reckoning
NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy are formally co-developing next-generation nuclear systems for the Moon — here's what that means for your surface-power roadmap.
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October 10, 2026
What NASA and the DOE Just Got Right About Nuclear Power on the Moon
NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy are formally co-developing next-generation nuclear technologies for deep-space and lunar surface power — here's what that means for your roadmap.
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October 9, 2026
NASA's GIMLI Mission Will Probe Whether Lunar Pits Can Host Surface Power Infrastructure
NASA's GIMLI robot is heading to the Marius pit — and the power case for lunar lava tubes is more concrete than the shelter case.
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October 8, 2026
NASA's New Power Lab and Lunar Grounding Challenge Signal a Serious Push for Surface Power
NASA's Glenn Research Center procurement and a new spacesuit-charging challenge mark concrete steps toward workable lunar surface power infrastructure.
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October 7, 2026
Lunar Laser Clocks and 1,000 MHz of New Spectrum: What Changed This Week for Space Power and Navigation
A lunar optical clock proposal and 1,000 MHz of freshly opened FCC spectrum could reshape navigation and power-beaming infrastructure for cislunar operations.
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October 6, 2026
Europe's Launch Gap Is a Space Solar Bottleneck — And €2.7M Won't Close It
ESA's fresh funding for RFA at SaxaVord highlights how Europe's chronic launch deficit threatens every SBSP and orbital power roadmap.
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October 3, 2026
What This Swarm-Power Paper Just Got Right About Orbital Solar Coordination
A new arXiv framework solves propellant-free, power-optimal formation-holding for magnetorquer swarms — the quiet math behind large space structures.
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October 3, 2026
Orbital Data Centers Need Power First — Transporter-18 Just Started That Test
SpaceX's Transporter-18 rideshare carried hardware aimed at solving orbital computing's hardest constraint: getting enough watts to the processor.
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October 2, 2026
Cornell's Orbital Lightsail Demos Raise a Hard Question for In-Space Power
Cornell students deployed two free-flying lightsails aboard the ISS — here's what it actually proves, and what it doesn't, for in-space propulsion and power.
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October 1, 2026
Starship Reaches Orbit and Swift Stalls: Two Data Points That Define In-Space Power's Near-Term Ceiling
SpaceX's first orbital Starship and NASA's failed Swift reboost mission set hard boundary conditions for space-based solar power economics in 2026.
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