Elon Musk is merging SpaceX and xAI to build data centers in space — or so he says https://www.theverge.com/transportation/873203/elon-musk-spacex-xai-merge-data-centers-space-tesla-ipo
RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/116008747081003945
See, one of the key challenges to long term habitation in #space is #heat dissipation.
Getting energy is easy - #solar panels, no atmoshphere, you get 100% of the sun.
Waste heat however, how do you dump it? There's no air molecules to transmit heat TO. IR Radiation is how the #ISS does it, but still managing heat is a big problem. (or, u know, cooked #astronauts).
Last I heard data centers waste GOBS of heat. Space is the LAST place you want that.
#Musk is a moron.
