The bigger problem is cooling. The whole idea is just fantasy.
ExpertExploit on
Why do they randomly bring up the drilled hole in the ISS, which has nothing to do with space debris?
EddySea on
We are going to be trapped on this rock forever
jericho on
Another possible issue, is that it’s one of the stupid ideas I’ve ever heard. How does any engineer not simply laugh this idea down I don’t know.
Navynuke00 on
Among the other very long list of issues it would face.
This is the kind of shit that happens when MBAs are left alone with too much Coke and no engineers to tell them “no.”
DrBix on
Especially if Russia keeps blowing up satellites in space. Nothing like getting hit by a bullet going over 10,000 mph.
Tubaenthusiasticbee on
Okay, I gotta ask: What benefit does a Datacenter in space even come with? Because no matter what it is, stuff like support, scalability, upgrading, latency, even cooling would be so much more efficient on earth. I mean, imagine something breaks down, you can’t just send someone from your local IT department into space. I for myself wouldn’t want to work at a company where a storm cloud at the wrong time could cause an incident.
opusupo on
It isn’t about making it happen. It’s about having something to invest in.
Mr_Magoo1969 on
Am I the only one who thinks this is a dumb idea? How do you dump all that excess heat in a vacuum?
Eric848448 on
Why post this as if it were a thing that’s actually going to happen? It isn’t.
AdmiralCrackbar on
Why would you put a data centre in space where it is notoriously difficult to offload heat? That’s like the number one issue with data centres.
Decronym on
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters|
|——-|———|—|
|[DARPA](/r/Space/comments/1pegrag/stub/nsd5avk “Last usage”)|(Defense) Advanced Research Projects Agency, DoD|
|DoD|US Department of Defense|
|[JWST](/r/Space/comments/1pegrag/stub/nsd3wqe “Last usage”)|James Webb infra-red Space Telescope|
|[MBA](/r/Space/comments/1pegrag/stub/nscwto1 “Last usage”)|~~Moonba-~~ Mars Base Alpha|
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The bigger problem is cooling. The whole idea is just fantasy.
Why do they randomly bring up the drilled hole in the ISS, which has nothing to do with space debris?
We are going to be trapped on this rock forever
Another possible issue, is that it’s one of the stupid ideas I’ve ever heard. How does any engineer not simply laugh this idea down I don’t know.
Among the other very long list of issues it would face.
This is the kind of shit that happens when MBAs are left alone with too much Coke and no engineers to tell them “no.”
Especially if Russia keeps blowing up satellites in space. Nothing like getting hit by a bullet going over 10,000 mph.
Okay, I gotta ask: What benefit does a Datacenter in space even come with? Because no matter what it is, stuff like support, scalability, upgrading, latency, even cooling would be so much more efficient on earth. I mean, imagine something breaks down, you can’t just send someone from your local IT department into space. I for myself wouldn’t want to work at a company where a storm cloud at the wrong time could cause an incident.
It isn’t about making it happen. It’s about having something to invest in.
Am I the only one who thinks this is a dumb idea? How do you dump all that excess heat in a vacuum?
Why post this as if it were a thing that’s actually going to happen? It isn’t.
Why would you put a data centre in space where it is notoriously difficult to offload heat? That’s like the number one issue with data centres.
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters|
|——-|———|—|
|[DARPA](/r/Space/comments/1pegrag/stub/nsd5avk “Last usage”)|(Defense) Advanced Research Projects Agency, DoD|
|DoD|US Department of Defense|
|[JWST](/r/Space/comments/1pegrag/stub/nsd3wqe “Last usage”)|James Webb infra-red Space Telescope|
|[MBA](/r/Space/comments/1pegrag/stub/nscwto1 “Last usage”)|~~Moonba-~~ Mars Base Alpha|
|Jargon|Definition|
|——-|———|—|
|[Starlink](/r/Space/comments/1pegrag/stub/nsdcy18 “Last usage”)|SpaceX’s world-wide satellite broadband constellation|
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