if they want to spend billions mroe to just send 1 datacenter, they are free to do so.
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raman_klogius@ani.social 1 week ago
Methinks the reason techbros want to put compute in space is to have it physically away from people. Normal data centers are right there to be smashed and torched in the event of widespread societal unrest. In space, it’s unreachable.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 week ago
swordgeek@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
They shouldn’t be.
Space, especially LEO, is cluttered with way the hell too much garbage already.
Nobody should be allowed to put garbage up there for no benefit beyond CEO pocket lining.
Every single space mission should be carefully considered as a resource usage. Every object left behind in orbit should be scrutinized ten times as closely.
marcos@lemmy.world 6 days ago
To normal people, yes. But it’s perfectly reachable for any small country military. And the orbits people are talking about can be easily intercepted from any place outside of the poles.