NASA To Upgrade Power Supplies For Future Missions

NASA is yet again back in action. It is a long time when NASA has announced a project. Continuing its successful journey of completing a project once it is announced, the space agency has taken two more projects in hand. NASA has recently announced that its willingness to work on tackling critical issues in space journey. One of them is Ride the Light while the other is development of a prototype battery which can power future space missions.

‘Ride the Light’ concept mainly aims at developing an external power source to power aerospace vehicles. The project will no doubt reduce the extra cost incurred in bulky technologies involved in such applications but also will be beneficial because the concept can provide a reliable source of energy. The idea behind ‘Ride the light’ revolves around using beam power which is produced by conventional power sources like LASER and microwaves. In other words, the basic function which the project will serve is to provide a cheaper alternative for modular power beaming capability and other technologies.

Source : crazyengineers