Comment on An in-space construction firm says it can help build massive data centers in orbit
vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months agoyes but they’re not trying to dissipate megawatts usually
Comment on An in-space construction firm says it can help build massive data centers in orbit
vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months agoyes but they’re not trying to dissipate megawatts usually
FaceDeer@fedia.io 2 months 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.
vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
literal kilometers of panels and radiators. No. It won’t happen
FaceDeer@fedia.io 2 months ago
If only they'd hired you, they would have known.
vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
well any actual engineer who isn’t trying to sell them will readily tell you that a datacenter in space is a very bad idea.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Or maybe they just want to fool lay persons, to get some of them sweet venture capital on empty promises by 2030? Ever considered that?
You can only radiation cool in empty space, not very effective and the lay person usually doesn’t think of that. Especially not on fancy and dumbed-down presentations.