>>duxup+b
At current prices, I think the moon is about as expensive as getting into Fort Knox by force.

Probably about as survivable, too.

Starship, if they solve the remaining issues before politics catches up with them, could solve the first problem.

I've seen some interesting ideas for contact-free drilling that might help with the second, but for now they're experimental* — we've got a lot of things in space tech that need R&D spending, which is a great opportunity on a forum like Hacker News, but does mean dreamers like me need to wait.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaise

>>dekhn+W6
Isn't moon sand a very high thermal insulator?

edit:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9646997/ ("Thermophysical properties of the regolith on the lunar far side revealed by the in situ temperature probing of the Chang’E-4 mission")

Comparing against reference tables, it's more insulating than rock wool insulation,

https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/thermal-conductivity-d_42...

>>pseudo+(OP)
"According to the United Nations’ 1967 outer space treaty, space and the moon are “not subject to national appropriation by claim of sovereignty,” and as such poses a loophole for data sovereignty laws."

That will probably work about as well as the proposal to put a data center on Sealand [1]. Or Cryptoland. Or Satoshi Island. Or Blueseed.[2]

Or the Space Kingdom of Asgardia, which launched a successful satellite with some data storage in 2017.[3] That lasted until 2022, when the satellite re-entered.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blueseed

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asgardia

>>M95D+E6
They've got it all figured out, you just don't understand. Basically, the plan is:

1. Put data on the moon

2. ???

3. Profit

For more info, check out their promotional video: https://www.lonestarlunar.com/video

>>pseudo+(OP)
You'd need something like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External_Active_Thermal_Contro...

Probably better to just do it in Greenland.

>>azeira+Nd
https://natick.research.microsoft.com/

>>mppm+Be
Digital, yeah? Digital, right? Hey, rocket! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuTSAeFhdZU