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>>g-mork+(OP)
Either this is a straight up con, or Musk found a glitch in physics. It's extremely difficult to keep things cold in space.

>>alangi+u6
Setting aside the possibility it's window dressing for a financial bailout, there would be two ways compute in space makes sense:

1) new technology improves vacuum heat radiation efficiency

2) new technology reduces waste heat generation from compute

All the takes I've seen have been focused on #1, but I'm starting to wonder about #2... Specifically spintronics and photonic chips.

>>FloorE+Le
If you solve 2, heat dissipation goes away on earth too, so what’s the advantage of space

>>brando+Zf
> space is called “space” for a reason.

>>twism+Il
you think we don't have enough space on earth for a few buildings? this seems like a purely western cope. China seems perfectly able to build out large infrastructure projects with a land area smaller than that of the continentenal USA

>>momosc+mw
> China seems perfectly able to build out large infrastructure projects with a land area smaller than that of the continentenal USA

China has a land area greater than the USA. (Continental or otherwise.)

>>Marsym+8D
Not true. China 9.6 million square kilometers, USA 9.8 million square kilometers, contiguous 8.1 million.