.[@planet4589.bsky.social](https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/planet4589.bsky.social ) doesn't totally dismiss the concept, but doesn't buy the timeline: "Maybe [2-3 years] for a prototype satellite, but for deploying this system, I can’t see that happening sooner than a decade, personally. Space [exploration] is incredibly capital-intensive. So the question you have to ask is: On that timescale, are there other technical advances that could happen to make Earth-based data centers more efficient?"
https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/a-leading-astrophysicist-has-some-questions-for-elon
Reed Mideke
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