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1. haspok+(OP)[view] [source] 2026-02-04 11:28:20
> There is probably plenty of scope to optimize space radiators. It was never a priority until now and is "just" an engineering problem.

It's a physics problem, as others pointed out, but even if we take it as another "just an engineering problem", have a look at the Hyperloop. Which is similarly just a long vacuum tube, and inside is like an air hockey table, not that big a deal, right?...

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2. mike_h+ZK[view] [source] 2026-02-04 16:00:07
>>haspok+(OP)
Musk's companies never tried to make the hyperloop, they never even started on it. SpaceX is a bit different.
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3. diabll+421[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-02-04 17:14:34
>>mike_h+ZK
so spacex worked on an orbital data center?
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4. Rover2+wV1[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-02-04 21:18:21
>>diabll+421
no, just merely more satellites than the rest of the world combined, with the first functioning laser links in a large constellation.
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