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Comment by uplifter

11 hours ago

The ISS’s solar arrays each weigh a metric ton and generate 35 KW a piece[0], and that’s just for the power collection.

They’d need incredible leaps in efficiency for an orbiting ton collecting and performing 100 KW of compute.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_system_of_the_Inter...

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