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Google’s Project Suncatcher to put ML infrastructure in space

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  1. fwlr · · focus · HN ↗
    Yes, the physics are worse, and yes, the economics are worse, but data centers in space have the crucial advantage that they are out of range of the molotov-throwing arm of Joe Public (recently unemployed).
    1. nullocator · · focus · HN ↗
      Doesn't the data or whatever have to be received on earth? Can Joe Public do some (light) arson on that?
      1. NetMageSCW · · focus · HN ↗
        Russia has (likely) done that already in Poland. But with a constellation using laser interlinks and having multiple ground stations across the world, it becomes a difficult logistical problem.
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