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So how does the cost of all of that compare to the cost of just building the data centers down here?

So by next week, then?

Data centers and AI are bad and don't belong anywhere, so I'm going to use Google AI data centers to explain all the reasons why.

People thinking they are in on the grift is the explanation of our times

Do you have a cite for SpaceX's prediction that 1,800 flights would be required to drive down costs to $200/kg? Would be useful in my reporting

LOL.

So data centers in space aren't happening in my lifetime

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well kinda, the learning curve analysis seems to take its final price from what Musk said the cost of the FH would be at its first launch, $90M. But in fact most FH flights sold have cost much more than that.

Suppose they do get the in-orbit cost down. How do they protect the chips from solar radiation and dissipate the heat they generate?

A space elevator made of diamond, like in 3001

Terrifying prospect but probably not far off :/

Even if you could instantly transport data centers into orbit for free it wouldn’t make any sense to out them there. Between heat dispersal issues, power issues, data lag, damage from cosmic radiation, and the impossibility of maintenance, space is possibly the WORST place to locate a data center.

1,800 launches over 10 years = 180 launches per year, or about 3.5 launches every week. TechCrunch correctly highlights that this is an enormous operational assumption.

Getting the power is not the problem (solar), the problem is getting rid of the energy once it turns to heat.

Elon Musk could sell salt water to a thirsty man. He has made Tesla the most valuable car company based on lies, as long as the stock market loves him he will get to keep on lying.

So irrational exuberance?