teacpde 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

that's an amazing read, lots of concrete and convincing challenges; but otoh, technology is evolving at such a fast pace, maybe it is possible for breakthroughs that we couldn't imagine now to become reality sooner than we would have anticipated?

WalterBright 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It is a good read. Thank you.

	▲	WalterBright an hour ago \| parent [-]
		There's another way to look at it, though. If the data center satellites can be built and launched cheap enough, you can still come out ahead on performance/cost. I.e. if the space data center has 1/10 the performance of a ground one, and they can be built and launched for less than 10% of the cost, then you've got a business. And there are costs that won't be incurred - no electric bill, no cost for land, no charge for maintenance. I wouldn't be too quick to dismiss Musk.