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I think some justify it as SpaceX plans to offer hosting in space, and then use Starlink to distribute it.

• embedding-shape 4mo ago
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• BLKNSLVR 4mo ago
  That's what the IPO salesman and pamphlet said anyway.
• mmcwilliams 4mo ago
  Can you provide a good example of something that is currently hosted in space and distributed via satellite?
  • elcritch 4mo ago
    GPS..
    • mmcwilliams 4mo ago
      You believe that GPS is hosted on servers in space?
      • elcritch 4mo ago
        Technically, yes. Obviously stretches the normal definition of a server, but it is a computer controlled system "serving" a mostly digital signal. https://www.baesystems.com/en-us/article/gps-iii-satellite-launches-with-rad750--single-board-computers https://www.baesystems.com/en-us/article/gps-iii-satellite-l...
        • mmcwilliams 4mo ago
          What people are describing here is the colloquial definition of "server", being compute hosted in space. Not a broadcast signal that is interpreted on Earth.