How hard is it to build orbital data centers, actually?
"The ISS radiators are expensive and heavy.
"The ISS radiators are expensive and heavy.
The short version
- We're focused on making them cheap and light."
- “The ISS radiators are expensive and heavy.
- We’re focused on making them cheap and light.” Editor's note : This is the second of three feature articles Ars is publishing to explore the financial, technical, and competitive dimensions of orbital data centers.
- Although the idea of putting data centers into space has long been discussed on a theoretical basis, the technology has rapidly become a red-hot topic.
What happened
We're focused on making them cheap and light." “The ISS radiators are expensive and heavy.
Why it matters
This series attempts to ground-truth some of the rhetoric flying around.
Summary by Nerd News Network. Read the full article at Ars Technica via the links above and below.