Comment by PunchyHamster
3 days ago
There is no reason to do it with current processes. It could possibly reduce defect rate/increase yields but I'm not sure impurities are even leading cause now.
But we might discover other uses, that's what science is.
No way. This is being done because there’s a predictable path to profitability. It’s not just random shot in the dark science you can sometimes see in academia. It’s just this path isn’t clear to us laymen… I know because launching into space isn’t something that will be done just for science
I came across space forge due to some algorithmic discovery on YT a few months ago.
If I am recalling it correctly - They’re focusing on goods that can be made, that have a high $ value vs volume and density. High purity silicon is what they identified.
Hubble Space Telescope. James Webb Space Telescope.
I should’ve specified corporate vs. academia. Those telescopes clearly aren’t corporate. More akin to academia.
Corporations won’t go to space just for “science” and that is the case here.
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