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Because you need an enormous amount of energy to run the servers. You may hide the downlinks but you still need power.
by mulmen 1y ago
Because you need an enormous amount of energy to run the servers. You may hide the downlinks but you still need power.
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- xyzzy123 1y agoI'm not sure how you maintain hidden ground stations while providing a commercial service that justifies many $MM in capital and requires state support to get launch permission.
- mulmen 1y agoYeah exactly. We’re riffing on how implausible that is, right?
- aleph_minus_one 1y ago> I'm not sure how you maintain hidden ground stations while providing a commercial service that justifies many $MM in capital and requires state support to get launch permission. Who said that Starcloud's business model is about commercial services? At https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44397026 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44397026 I rather speculate that Starcloud's business model is about getting big money defense contracts.