There will be many shells between 500 and 2000 km so it won’t be this bad for all of them.
Timetoerist13 on
Please no
RefrigeratorWrong390 on
I can’t wait for these fusion startups to pan out making the space solar just not cost effective. If power capacity becomes insanely cheap here then the use case effectively drops away
yollobrolo on
Don’t forget he filed to launch 1,000,000 of them with the FCC. That would mean that anywhere on earth, there would be ~30,000 in the sky you can see. In a bortle 1 location, the eye can only see around 6,000 stars.
Rot-Orkan on
I’m assuming the two little panels on the right are for solar, and the huge panels above and below are to radiate the heat away?
aide_rylott on
Basically no one wants this…
Consumer AI should run locally on the users device. The best AI models should be reserved for science and those data centres can be built on earth.
I’m a big starlink defender, I live in a dark sky area and satellites don’t bother me much.
This will clutter our night sky for something very few people want. Significantly less useful than starlink to real people. And it exists to perpetuate the AI bubble and keep the elite rich.
Smart_Spinach_1538 on
Shouldn’t the rest of the world have a say?
hraun on
I wonder if there is a way they could give them a low-albedo coating.
citizensnips134 on
And this is the mini one?
saltyoursalad on
Absolute nightmare. Someone stop that man.
Quadraphonic_Jello on
Mag 7 is far too dim for Starlink. I can easily see them without optical aid on any clear night. I’d guestimate that they are around 4.5.
Mr_Lumbergh on
I wouldn’t worry about it; there won’t be any orbiting data centers. The cost required to make the radiators alone is astronomical.
There’s a reason why a thermos keeps your coffee hot all day: the vacuum flask. GPU’s wouldn’t run well in a thermos and they won’t run well in orbit.
mlandry2011 on
Yes, it will happen… That’s why astronomers should maybe think about making an observation station on the moon…
Or build giant telescopes on the moon and put them in orbit using an electromagnet launch ramp…
What I’m trying to say is complaining ain’t going to do much to solve the issue..
It is going to happen whether we like it or not. So we might as well start planning around it…
jamjam199313 on
SpaceX hasn’t even accomplished most of the stuff they promised to do before 2020 hopefully they won’t be around for much longer anyone that has trust or faith in this company unfortunately I would have to say are either easily misled or just stupid
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There will be many shells between 500 and 2000 km so it won’t be this bad for all of them.
Please no
I can’t wait for these fusion startups to pan out making the space solar just not cost effective. If power capacity becomes insanely cheap here then the use case effectively drops away
Don’t forget he filed to launch 1,000,000 of them with the FCC. That would mean that anywhere on earth, there would be ~30,000 in the sky you can see. In a bortle 1 location, the eye can only see around 6,000 stars.
I’m assuming the two little panels on the right are for solar, and the huge panels above and below are to radiate the heat away?
Basically no one wants this…
Consumer AI should run locally on the users device. The best AI models should be reserved for science and those data centres can be built on earth.
I’m a big starlink defender, I live in a dark sky area and satellites don’t bother me much.
This will clutter our night sky for something very few people want. Significantly less useful than starlink to real people. And it exists to perpetuate the AI bubble and keep the elite rich.
Shouldn’t the rest of the world have a say?
I wonder if there is a way they could give them a low-albedo coating.
And this is the mini one?
Absolute nightmare. Someone stop that man.
Mag 7 is far too dim for Starlink. I can easily see them without optical aid on any clear night. I’d guestimate that they are around 4.5.
I wouldn’t worry about it; there won’t be any orbiting data centers. The cost required to make the radiators alone is astronomical.
There’s a reason why a thermos keeps your coffee hot all day: the vacuum flask. GPU’s wouldn’t run well in a thermos and they won’t run well in orbit.
Yes, it will happen… That’s why astronomers should maybe think about making an observation station on the moon…
Or build giant telescopes on the moon and put them in orbit using an electromagnet launch ramp…
What I’m trying to say is complaining ain’t going to do much to solve the issue..
It is going to happen whether we like it or not. So we might as well start planning around it…
SpaceX hasn’t even accomplished most of the stuff they promised to do before 2020 hopefully they won’t be around for much longer anyone that has trust or faith in this company unfortunately I would have to say are either easily misled or just stupid