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

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logancbrown · 1790368439 · 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. kadoban · 1790369005 · focus · HN ↗
  It's an offensively stupid idea. Anyone trying to sell you on it thinks you're stupid.
  Look at the article: they threw 4 cards in a box and launched it. It works for 15 minutes and then it has to snooze for who-knows-how-long.

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