This is two things:- an audacious claim designed to woo credulous investors in upcoming IPO- a stake for those orbits to deny anyone else room in that space
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This is two things:
- an audacious claim designed to woo credulous investors in upcoming IPO
- a stake for those orbits to deny anyone else room in that spaceObviously, it's not feasible on practical level, but just like all other AI grift, it's not intended to be.
https://au.pcmag.com/networking/115649/spacex-eyes-1-million-satellites-for-orbital-data-center-push -
This is two things:
- an audacious claim designed to woo credulous investors in upcoming IPO
- a stake for those orbits to deny anyone else room in that spaceObviously, it's not feasible on practical level, but just like all other AI grift, it's not intended to be.
https://au.pcmag.com/networking/115649/spacex-eyes-1-million-satellites-for-orbital-data-center-pushEven if SpaceX had the capacity to perform a high-orbit launch every day on a vehicle which fits 50 satellites each time, it would take them 55 years to put up those satellites. Does anyone think a 55 year old "AI data center" remains useful?
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Even if SpaceX had the capacity to perform a high-orbit launch every day on a vehicle which fits 50 satellites each time, it would take them 55 years to put up those satellites. Does anyone think a 55 year old "AI data center" remains useful?
To run one current-gen compute rack in space, the satellite would have to have about 500 m² of solar panels in continuous sunlight. It would also somehow magically need to radiate half a megawatt of heat - 100 kW electrical, plus all the solar heating those panels couldn't convert to electricity.
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To run one current-gen compute rack in space, the satellite would have to have about 500 m² of solar panels in continuous sunlight. It would also somehow magically need to radiate half a megawatt of heat - 100 kW electrical, plus all the solar heating those panels couldn't convert to electricity.
But none of that is relevant to the investors who have already bought all the other AI hype. To them, this is a signal the bubble does not exist (it does), and a reason to plunk more money into a grift vehicle.
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But none of that is relevant to the investors who have already bought all the other AI hype. To them, this is a signal the bubble does not exist (it does), and a reason to plunk more money into a grift vehicle.
The strategic goal on the other hand is to acquire sole rights to swath of sun-synchronous orbits so that no other party can plan to use them. As if they would in fact respect such a land grab (sic).
Star Wars.
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Even if SpaceX had the capacity to perform a high-orbit launch every day on a vehicle which fits 50 satellites each time, it would take them 55 years to put up those satellites. Does anyone think a 55 year old "AI data center" remains useful?
@osma we cannot allow this sick, fascist get any more leverage. We have already paid a big price in allowing he and his buddies to gain as much power as he has already.
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To run one current-gen compute rack in space, the satellite would have to have about 500 m² of solar panels in continuous sunlight. It would also somehow magically need to radiate half a megawatt of heat - 100 kW electrical, plus all the solar heating those panels couldn't convert to electricity.
@osma surprisingly hard to get rid of heat in space
