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1. pr337h+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-11-04 17:46:07
Data centers in space are guaranteed to be a thing by 2035.

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1984868748378157312

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1985743650064908694

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1984249048107508061

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2. boutel+61[view] [source] 2025-11-04 17:51:02
>>pr337h+(OP)
Had me going for a minute there.
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3. ceejay+g1[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-11-04 17:52:03
>>boutel+61
Poe's Law strikes again!
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4. wongar+N5[view] [source] 2025-11-04 18:15:28
>>pr337h+(OP)
However 10 years in Musk time is at least 30 years in real time
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5. mattlu+m9[view] [source] 2025-11-04 18:33:04
>>pr337h+(OP)
0.5% of the starlink node network deorbits each month currently, though potentially more.

They're already having a negative, contaminating effect on our upper atmosphere

Sending up bigger ones, and more (today there's some 8,800, but they target 30k), sounds ill-advised.

1: https://www.fastcompany.com/91419515/starlink-satellites-are... 2: https://www.science.org/content/article/burned-satellites-ar...

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