Anonymous
10/31/2025, 3:15:56 PM
No.16832474
>>16832464
Space isn't easier; that's the problem. People will suck a bunch of VC types dry because right now it looks like space datacenters are the more economical option, but building multi-kilometer arrays in space has a energy cost set by physics and something like starship can only do so much to get around that. Getting rid of political obstacles is much cheaper and will become fairly straightforward once there's a political incentive to do so (not get lapped by China in the datacenter race). But until then people are going to keep promoting the idea and they won't be entirely wrong in their arguments.
Space isn't easier; that's the problem. People will suck a bunch of VC types dry because right now it looks like space datacenters are the more economical option, but building multi-kilometer arrays in space has a energy cost set by physics and something like starship can only do so much to get around that. Getting rid of political obstacles is much cheaper and will become fairly straightforward once there's a political incentive to do so (not get lapped by China in the datacenter race). But until then people are going to keep promoting the idea and they won't be entirely wrong in their arguments.