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SpaceX could probably help usher in a new age where we have mining nodes in space, big solar arrays (100 or so) powering a small 100-GPU cluster or ASIC cluster
by abledon 6y ago
SpaceX could probably help usher in a new age where we have mining nodes in space, big solar arrays (100 or so) powering a small 100-GPU cluster or ASIC cluster....
- mkl 6y agoIt would be far cheaper and easier to do this on Earth. There's plenty of sunny desert, heat dissipation is much easier, broken things can be repaired, etc.
- abledon 6y agoya but heat would dissipate into space and not contribute to global warming?
- EGreg 6y agoIn capitalism, most players in the economy do not make decisions based on this
- mkl 6y agoDissipating heat into space is very challenging (vacuum makes a great insulator). On Earth the solar energy is arriving here already, so converting it to electricity and using it to perform calculations won't directly contribute to global warming.