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Over $2 billion of venture capital has flowed into in-space mobility in recent years, every dollar into chemical or electric architectures with known physics ceilings. We make the case for a third propulsion class, solar-thermal, and for Portal as the company to bring the technology to production.
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Oct 02, 2025

Portal Space Systems, a Mach33 portfolio company, has successfully tested its solar thermal propulsion system (Flare) at full power inside a vacuum chamber, validating its 3D-printed heat exchanger...