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The shadow thing can be solved by using a sun-synchronous orbit. See for example the TRACE solar observation satellite, which used a dawn/dusk orbit to maintain
by crote 9mo ago
The shadow thing can be solved by using a sun-synchronous orbit. See for example the TRACE solar observation satellite, which used a dawn/dusk orbit to maintain a constant view of the sun.
Cooling, on the other hand? No way in hell.
- giancarlostoro 9mo agoThe cooling is the bit where I'm lost on, but it will be interesting to see what they pull off. It feels like everyone forgets Elon hires very smart people to work on these problems, it's not all figured out by Elon Musk solely.
- spikels 9mo agoGoogle, Blue Origin and a bunch of other companies have announced plans for data centers in space. I don't think cooling is the showstopper some assume.
- giancarlostoro 9mo agoGood call out, and really interesting. SpaceX being the cheapest way to get things into space, it seems like SpaceX is about to become extremely lucrative.
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- clausz 9mo agoEvery telco satellite can cool its electronics. However, more than a few kW is difficult. The ISS has around 100kW and is huge and in a shadow half the time.
- SJC_Hacker 9mo ago> Cooling, on the other hand? No way in hell. Space is actually really cold when the sun is blocked So, solar panels on side, GPUs on the other, maybe with a big ass radiator ...
- kristjansson 9mo agoSpace is empty, not cold.
- SJC_Hacker 9mo ago> Space is empty, not cold. The "dark" side of the JWST has temperature of about 40 K (-233 C)
- derrida 9mo agoHow does a radiator work in a vacuum?