Comment on An in-space construction firm says it can help build massive data centers in orbit
psoul@lemmy.world 23 hours agoThey 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.
Urist@lemmy.ml 22 hours 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?