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Space based data centers is a cover for space weaponry.

• CamperBob2 4mo ago
  s/cover/target
• seattle_spring 4mo ago
  Can you elaborate on what you mean?
  • naveen99 4mo ago
    Reusable missiles. Reusable claims of missiles being fired…
  • Mikhail_Edoshin 4mo ago
    If they ever start actually hurling massive objects to the orbit then these will be weapons. The data center functionality will be imitated remotely, if necessary. See "Starlink is a way to give internet to whales" and "Pokémon is a fun little game" maybe "to train delivery robots as a surprise by-product nobody foresaw" and other such stories.
• dmix 4mo ago
  Yep a space anti ballistic missile system (aka Golden Dome and before that Brilliant Pebbles) is likely coming if SpaceX figures out starship and China figures out their Starship clone. Plus maybe a “rods from god” type offensive system if these countries can’t make a deal to avoid space weapons.
• 0xbadcafebee 4mo ago
  If that ends up being true, at minimum that's securities fraud. Not really something worth risking with a trillion dollar company