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Google's first Suncatcher orbital data center test launches October 1

52 points · 96 comments · sbulaev

  1. logancbrown · · focus · HN ↗
    Genuine question: why are there so many people up-in-arms on orbital data centers? Like they have a personally vested interest in ensuring their opinions on failure are correct? There are many people on HN that despise it and say it will not and will never work, but here we are, they are flying them up to space and presumably, will start working soon.
    1. cratermoon · · focus · HN ↗
      Spend the money on something we already know works that will help people today, right now.
      1. NetMageSCW · · focus · HN ↗
        You first.
        1. lucb1e · · focus · HN ↗
          Especially considering their just-stated opinion, who says they don't...
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