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vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days agoand the infrastructure and robotics to replace them, of course.
Assuming 200 nvidia H100 failures a day (conservativo, reality is worse) that’s an extra ~340kg of weight you’d need to launch per day. Which is an extra 120 tons yearly.
FaceDeer@fedia.io 2 days ago
So, one Starship launch per year. Doesn't sound like a problem.
vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
at least two, you can’t stuff a rocket full of just gpus, you need something to actually dock and deliver the payload in space. So you need to launch at least 2 rockets (in a non-reusable configuration, so you need to pay for the whole rocket and the launch) to ship a bunch of gpus that are, at best, only 10% as fast as usual.
FaceDeer@fedia.io 1 day ago
Okay, two then. It's still cheap.
Why do you say that? 120 tons is well within Block 4's projected capacity in reusable configuration. 240 tons is almost within it, even.