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SpaceX offers details on orbital data center satellites
- andsoitis 5mo ago“For some reason there’s been a bizarre debate about radiators in space,” he said. “It’s safe to say SpaceX knows how to do heat rejection in space with 10,000 satellites in orbit.”
- HerbManic 5mo agoAs yes the Musk hand wave. We have done some cool things thus we get a pass on other things. I'm sure they can manage heat issues so long as the scale of these satellites are very modest.
- MrBuddyCasino 5mo agoYeah like who is this dude, a titan of industry? The richest man in the world? All my Reddit homies hate him lol
- tim-tday 5mo agoI’m no fan of Elon, but come on. The problem people are facing when they decide this is impossible is that they’re picturing a terrestrial data center strapped to a rocket and dropped off in space. If instead you picture a satellite with some compute modules in it you’re good. Can a satellite generate power? (Yes) can a satellite scrub heat equal to the amount it can generate with solar panels? (I don’t know, ask someone who has done it successfully a few times)
- Zigurd 5mo agoUnless you've got some magic beans that turn "some compute modules" into a significant fraction of an earthbound data center, and you can fly acres of solar panels and radiators around space debris, it really doesn't look plausible.