Karl Bode @karlbode.com · Jun 12 like, they very briefly flirt with the idea that space data centers might have logistical issues, before dismissing those concerns based on the claims of one startup that hasn't built anything yet, I ironically named after a legendary flight failure
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These Journalists: "Critical thinking hard!" 🤷
Oh God they thought Palantir was too subtle didn't they
The interest focus of U.S. "business journalism" isn't real people, labor, technology, or whether the technology even works, it's unchecked wealth accumulation. And it's not subtle.
Why on earth would they name it that?? 😩
Jfc these people think sci-fi is current day real life
This technology that's still being developed and hasn't been tested yet that's specifically for unloading supplies is a sure bet to remove broken hardware from a data center and replace it.
Replacing chips and fixing broken hardware are difficult to do in space. The solution? Robots! Robots that are also difficult to maintain and fix in space! Brilliant!
There is actually a real answer to that one and it’s great — just do the star link thing and burn the old ones up in the upper atmosphere and launch new ones apace and destroying the ozone layer for decades of future reentries is just CDB
Electronics have to be radiation hardened to operate in space. This idea of just putting compute assets in space ignore the profound difference in operating conditions. It would be easier to build data centers under the ocean than in space.
Not just a flight failure, but a failure to address heat.
That is priceless! OMG Icarus Robotics.
they will test unloading bags of supplies next year ——> able to replace a RAM module in a server speaking as someone who has not only worked in a server lab, but also studied robotics, yes, those are TOTALLY the same difficulty level 😆
Yes, probably because making robots that do stuff remotely in space has precedent. It's not revolutionary or disruptive technology being developed. Even getting parts up there to replace old parts is likely trivial with unmanned missions. The ignorance of heat management up there is more pressing.
This sounds like a group project in high school science class, where the assignment was to imagine a future invention and explain how it could work.
Icarus. lol
Sounds like 90s and aughts @wired.com.
Doesn’t even attempt to grapple with the physical constraints whatsoever
lol they can unload bags (in testing) so obviously they can adapt them to do data center maintenance
“Another common argument is that this is impossible, but what if we all close our eyes and imagine.”
Making a "lower cost!" claim while ignoring this portion of the same sourced 'analysis' is malpractice, if such a sin is possible anymore in 'journalism'.
It’s like they’re all in on the joke!🤫
Barely worth responding because of how many layers of nonsense this all is. But one of the companies referenced gave a quote about how they were planning on "putting a [Nvidia] Blackwell in space" as a test run. Well I can save you a bunch of jet fuel there...