Well, Skynet’s not just gonna up and build itself I suppose?
Comment on [Jeff Foust] Astronomers fear orbital data centers will interfere with observations
atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
What problem is this solving? It’s expensive to launch, hard to power, hard to cool, and unserviceable.
Also - no mention of the speed running Kessler syndrome?
tunetardis@piefed.ca 1 week ago
IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.wtf 1 week ago
What problem is this solving?
Apparently there are some rubes with too much money.
endofline@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
No protesters complaining about that’s near their backyard… potentially nearly unlimited resources to be consumed by them ( space mining )
ThatFuckingIdiot@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
How fortunate we’ve mastered mining and refining precious metals from distant asteroids then…
Data centers in space are less feasible than solar roadways (remember that hype a while ago?). It’s an boondoggle meant excite idiots that can’t be bothered to think past a headline.
endofline@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
You’re as correct as to say that real communism has been never tried :-)