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Sure, but cooling a starlink in space is a lot more difficult than cooling a starlink on earth would be. And unlike starlink which absolutely must be in space i
by nicoburns 9mo ago
Sure, but cooling a starlink in space is a lot more difficult than cooling a starlink on earth would be. And unlike starlink which absolutely must be in space in order to function, data centers work just fine on the ground.
- alangibson 9mo agoThis. There's no scenario where it's cheaper to put them in space.
- ibejoeb 9mo agoI think there's a lot of a room for an energy play that will ultimately obviate the enormously costly terrestrial energy supply chain.
- bakies 9mo agoYou can just use the cheap solar panels that were gonna be launched into space (expensive) and not launch them into space (not expensive) and plug them into some batteries (still, cheaper than a rocket launch)
- hjouneau 9mo agoYou forget the "in 2 years" part.
- fooker 9mo agoIt will cost less to put it in low earth orbit than it will be to purchase land for it at any reasonable location.