| ▲ | red75prime 3 hours ago | |
A giant space datacenter with square kilometers of solar panels doesn't make sense. A cluster of Starlink-sized satellites, which orbit near each other(1) and which are connected using laser-links might make sense. (1) There are orbital arrangements that allow satellites to stay close together with minimal orbital corrections. Scott Manley mentioned this in one of his videos. | ||
| ▲ | trymas 3 hours ago | parent [-] | |
Sounds like we would want to elevate from water wasting on Earth to pollution in space. | ||