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Anybody Who Thinks Orbital Data Centers are a Good Idea Is Suffering from AI Psychosis, Experts Argue (tech.yahoo.com)
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[–] 19 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Radiation is the part you are missing. The three ways of dissipating heat are: conduction, convection, and radiation which is what the "fins" do.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Doesn't it work out to something like a full kilometer of the things in order for it to work? The idea is pure madness.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Depends on density. I think Scott Manley's analysis is probably correct. SpaceX knows how to deal with a few thousand watts of heat per satellite from starlink.

    Then the question is whether a few kilowatts is enough compute per node to be worth the trouble.

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