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[–] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

That's another Elon BS special. Dissapating heat in space is very difficult because you can only do it via radiation, which is weak.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    Then there's the massive amounts of heavy metals that get deposited in the upper atmosphere when the satellite datacenters ultimately reenter and burn up. Good bye ozone layer.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Yeah, there's a lot of stupidity at the concept.

    If I recall, his rationalization was that a particular company was backordered on parts to build natural gas generators until 2030... So naturally it's so much easier to get to hundreds of starship launches a month and all the attendant solar and radiators and crap....

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