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I was trying to put these sizes in rough perspective. ISS is the largest man-made object in space, which is basically the size of a football field (half a hecta
by stephenhandley 1y ago
I was trying to put these sizes in rough perspective. ISS is the largest man-made object in space, which is basically the size of a football field (half a hectare) and cost $150B.
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/comparison-of-size-of-international-space-station/ https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/comparison-of-size-of-int...
The whitepaper shows a 4km x 4km solar array, which is 1600 hectares (3200 International Space Stations). Would assume the array they're proposing would be cheaper since its structurally more homogenous, but $480 trillion dollars is a whole lot of money.
- osigurdson 1y agoTo be fair, YC says they mostly invest in founders, not ideas. So, expect a pivot at some point.
- ethbr1 1y agoAim for orbit, hit aerostat datacenters?