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The plan is to launch from Earth in the beginning stages and then switch to launching from the Moon which has no atmosphere so you don't need rockets and can us
by bluecalm 4mo ago
The plan is to launch from Earth in the beginning stages and then switch to launching from the Moon which has no atmosphere so you don't need rockets and can use an electromagnetic gun instead.
That requires satellite manufacturing on the Moon and I guess the minerals required will come from asteroid mining.
That's my understanding of what Elon said about how it's going to work.
- davidkwast 4mo agoSo the majority of the hardware should stay on the moon where latency isn't so critical. There the cooling won't be the problem.
- bluecalm 4mo agoElon said they will manufacture big heavy parts on the Moon to reduce the mass they need to use rockets for and maybe ship GPUs from Earth. It sounds like a science-fiction to me but what do I know. You can watch the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_1j5dVWNYI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_1j5dVWNYI
- brokenmachine 4mo agoAsteroid mining? This is the most ridiculous thing ever. How this half baked snake oil salesman gets anyone to invest in his companies amazes me.