Comment on An in-space construction firm says it can help build massive data centers in orbit

dogslayeggs@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• db2@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The heat will just dissipate in the air, and they can launch it at night when it’s colder. Science!

  /s in case, there are a few mouth breathers out today

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  • psoul@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They could build them so that they stay in perpetual dawn or dusk. One edge with the solar panels in the su, the other edge with the cooling fins in the night’s cool breeze.

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    • Urist@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Geostationary orbit is far higher than low earth orbit and I would assume following earths twilight zone would not be much better. I do not see why you would either, with reaction wheels you could orient the satellites towards the sun regardless of the relative position of the earth, with the caveat that earth may block the sun which is hard to avoid entirely anyways.

      Also, there is not that much cool breeze in space, famously known for not having vast amounts of air (still have IR-radiation to help though).

      Trust me, I am not an engineer. May I also ask politely what the fuck you are talking about?

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  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Oh! Oh! Attach it to a meteorite! Almost infinite heatsink in space!

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• FaceDeer@fedia.io ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I'm pretty sure they're aware of the need for radiators. They've probably designed satellites before.

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  • FishFace@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Nobody thinks they’re incapable of working this out; we think theyre deliberately advertising something dumb that lay people won’t necessarily understand is dumb. Replying that they have smart engineers is stupid because no-one denied it - we just don’t think they used those engineers to come up with the idea.

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  • vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    yes but they’re not trying to dissipate megawatts usually

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    • FaceDeer@fedia.io ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Again, I'm pretty sure they're aware that you need bigger radiators when you're using more energy. This is space engineering 101.

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      • vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        literal kilometers of panels and radiators. No. It won’t happen

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• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Kessler syndrome goes brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

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