• skibidi@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    The physics of radiative heat transfer haven’t changed and aren’t changing, the idea will be just as stupid in 5 years as it is right now.

    But it doesn’t matter, because there isn’t a plan to actually build a bunch of orbiting data centers, it is just something Musk is saying to generate hype for investors pre-IPO.

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      5 days ago

      I agree that this announcement is just another Musk hype cycle, and I can’t wait for a bunch of “AI” companies to crash and burn.

      What I meant with the 5-10 year comment was that if people still insist on spending money on data centers, we might reach a point where falling launch costs, lighter radiator systems, and more available and cheap satellite components make it feasible for a space based server rack to have lower lifetime costs and be less of a headache than a terrestrial one.

      A physics problem might be easier than a regulatory one. Big radiators are an acceptable solution if there are multiple reusable super heavy lift launch vehicles.