← Back to context Comment by Drakim 9 hours ago You could also transfer the heat to tungsten rods and drop them on rivaling earth-bound data centers. 3 comments Drakim Reply kergonath 8 hours ago Why tungsten? In terms of thermal conductivity, It’s way worse than silver and copper and on par with good aluminium alloys. Those are cheaper and much lighter (so again much cheaper to put into orbit). eigenspace 8 hours ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_bombardmentThe idea is to use tungsten because of the high melting point and hardness so that it survives re-entry in order to best strike the rival datacentre.
kergonath 8 hours ago Why tungsten? In terms of thermal conductivity, It’s way worse than silver and copper and on par with good aluminium alloys. Those are cheaper and much lighter (so again much cheaper to put into orbit). eigenspace 8 hours ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_bombardmentThe idea is to use tungsten because of the high melting point and hardness so that it survives re-entry in order to best strike the rival datacentre.
eigenspace 8 hours ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_bombardmentThe idea is to use tungsten because of the high melting point and hardness so that it survives re-entry in order to best strike the rival datacentre.
Why tungsten? In terms of thermal conductivity, It’s way worse than silver and copper and on par with good aluminium alloys. Those are cheaper and much lighter (so again much cheaper to put into orbit).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_bombardment
The idea is to use tungsten because of the high melting point and hardness so that it survives re-entry in order to best strike the rival datacentre.