• humanspiral@lemmy.ca
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    13 hours ago

    Before even considering radiation damage, hopium $200/kg launch costs mean 15c/kwh electricity. The you add the cost of specialized panels and radiation emitters. At least 20x that of earthly systems.

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      12 hours ago

      Okay, but have you considered how cool it would be to put a data center in space?

      What if I told you that we have to BEAT CHINA to space?

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        12 hours ago

        BEAT CHINA to space is for sure the magic words, but even better, what I told you to come up with an excuse to merge my space company with my AI company, and even though it is a paper transaction with no money changing hands, increase my wealth by $300B for the price I set!

        hmmm… beat china does sound better.