Masayoshi Sun dismisses Musk's idea for orbital data centers(www.japantimes.co.jp)

5 pointsby anigbrowl8 hours ago1 comment

Insanity8 hours ago
It’s an insane idea that Musk needed to boost SpaceX value. It’s not feasible in the near future, there are latency constraints, power constraints (both to ship the materials to space as well as run and cool them), and maintenance concerns.
And then there are the issues with space debris wrecking your data centers.
- LargoLasskhyfvan hour ago
  Latency? Why, they will in LEO/MEO. Neglible.
  Cooling? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_droplet_radiator
  https://spectrum.ieee.org/orbital-data-centers-heat
  Combine with https://spectrum.ieee.org/microfluidics-cooling-ai-chips-cor...
  Solved!
  Maintenance? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetes !
- CRSilkworth7 hours ago
  Maintenance is the main one I see. Have humans ever built hardware that didn't need to be fixed from time to time?
- hungryhobbit8 hours ago
  Musk is a (VERY, VERY successful) snake oil salesman.
  Tesla and Twitter have both shown the emperor has no clothes, but until the rest of the world catches up, plenty of people are going to keep buying his lies.