Comment by AceJohnny2
8 hours ago
I can't tell how many layers of sarcasm are here, but I just want to highlight that aktshually cooling in space is quite difficult because there is no convection, so the only cooling option is radiative. Which gets a bit hard when the satellite gets blasted by the sun.
The ISS doesn't have problems staying warm, it has problems cooling off.
> the only cooling option is radiative.
It does say he's planning an AI sun, I'm guessing that's the temperature you need to run at for radiation to work.
There are already large communication satellites that consume several kW of power.
Oh, good. So we only need to multiply that by 200 million times, per space datacenter.
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> It does say he's planning an AI sun
Everything I've heard from Musk in the past decade has been against my will and has made me dumber. (no I do not care to verify or know whether the above is true)
Edit: ah fuck ya got me "the next book in SpaceX and xAI's mission: scaling to make a sentient sun to understand the Universe" what the cultish bullshit is this. In a just world investors would be fleeing in droves from this cuckoo behavior (I know xAI & SpaceX are private)
Hence the “dense as Musk” comment