Comment on Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.
reksas@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
only way it will be worth putting anything in space is by having a spaceport in there first and some reliable way to haul stuff from ground to it. At least way i see it, at the moment its like building a complex facility on an undiscovered continent with no support.
lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
Maybe, the destruction of earth is part of the calculations. If earth is gone, space might be an option.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Kinda feels like at this point it’s not “if”. It’s “when”.
reksas@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
i dont think anything in orbit or space is supportable without a planet. Or maybe the rich want to have kind of ultimate ivory tower -> they live in luxury in orbital habitats while we slave on the surface for them. Maybe they would want to get somekind of coercion method too, like nuclear arsenal in orbit they could use to threaten any part of the surface that might get too rebellious.
bufalo1973@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Wasn’t that the script of Elysium?
reksas@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
it was? havent watched it. I really hope it wont ever come to that, but knowing what those monsters do to kids it wouldnt surprise me if they wanted to make that movie into reality.