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>>meetpa+(OP)
The ultimate "out of sight out of mind" solution to a problem?

I'm surprised that Google has drunken the "Datacenters IN SPACE!!!1!!" kool-aid. Honestly I expected more.

It's so easy to poke a hole in these systems that it's comical. Answer just one question: How/why is this better than an enormous solar-powered datacenter in someplace like the middle of the Mojave Desert?

>>smlacy+Yl
Think to any near-future spacecraft, or idea for spaceships cruising between Earth and the Moon or Mars, that aren't single use. What are (will be) such spacecraft? Basically data centers with some rockets glued to the floor.

It's probably not why they're interested in it, but I'd like to imagine someone with a vision for the next couple decades realized that their company already has data centers and powering them as their core competency, and all they're missing is some space experience...

>>TeMPOr+zo
Sure, if you don't mind boiling the passengers.

>>ceejay+Qo
Heat management is table stakes. It's important, but boring. Nothing to obsess about.

>>TeMPOr+er
> It's important, but boring.

It gets very exciting if you don't have enough.

> Nothing to obsess about.

It's one of the primary reasons these "AI datacenters… in space!" projects are goofy.