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

52 points · 96 comments · sbulaev

TwelveEyes · 1790368041 · focus · HN ↗
It still doesn’t make sense to me. Technological progress will likely only accelerate. These will be outdated within 2 years easily, and you can’t even recover the chips. The only benefits are the unlimited power without the bottlenecks on earth, lack of political pressure of course, and the low latency for processing satellite data since it doesn’t need to be sent down to earth. These don’t seem beneficial enough to waste this money. It would be good to hear from someone who knows more about this.
1. r_lee · 1790369074 · focus · HN ↗
  > progress will likely only accelerate
  I'm guessing this is part of the whole idea; to get data before its actually doable, and the cost is worth the early data to help with future development

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