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1. ceejay+a7[view] [source] 2025-11-04 17:42:25
>>meetpa+(OP)
> In the right orbit, a solar panel can be up to 8 times more productive than on earth, and produce power nearly continuously, reducing the need for batteries.

Sure. Now do cooling. That this isn't in the "key challenges" section makes this pretty non-serious.

A surprising amount of the ISS is dedicated to this, and they aren't running a GPU farm. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External_Active_Thermal_Contro...

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2. xnx+va[view] [source] 2025-11-04 17:59:37
>>ceejay+a7
Barely mentioning thermal management seems at odds with the X principle of "Don’t use up all your resources on the easy stuff": https://blog.x.company/tackle-the-monkey-first-90fd6223e04d
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