Weird hypothetical question

[Britva415]

There is a hell of a lot of things information which doesn't disappear

Would the libraries preserve all the shitposts and memes? No, but who cares if trolls and weebs cry

Half kidding half not

 

[Statius]

I was one of the ones who half hoped Y2K would happen.

 

[AlexBailey]

It gets lost to the atmosphere. Cooling towers are so energy efficient that the expense of the water is worth it, even when it can't be recaptured.

Which is "always," when it comes to cooling towers. Re-condensing it for recapture is the opposite of efficient.

Energy wise, anyway. Obviously it would be more water efficient, but again, relative costs make it inefficient, money wise.

Expense, energy, and material: This is one of those "pick two out of three" situations you can optimize for.

This is all part of why Musk is interested in building data centers in orbit.

Even if he were to set up a small one just for a Grock processor, it would get 24 hour unobstructed solar power, constant radiative cooling and would be untouchable.

 

[IWroteThis]

This is all part of why Musk is interested in building data centers in orbit.

Even if he were to set up a small one just for a Grock processor, it would get 24 hour unobstructed solar power, constant radiative cooling and would be untouchable.

Yeah, but imagine how hard it would be to get the vendor to send a tech on-site to replace a faulty bit of hardware!

 

[OddLove]

Yeah, but imagine how hard it would be to get the vendor to send a tech on-site to replace a faulty bit of hardware!

I know that Blue Origin (Or something like that... Bezo's space hobby) wants to create tourism and space travel for citizens because he thinks it's the next logical thing for fast travel. Which makes sense, cause a rocket will get us around the globe much faster than an airplane.

My point being, I think if they ever get the costs of space travel low enough, it will be fairly easy to get a tech person to floating data centers.

But it is a bit absurd to think about when there's starving humans down below. Maybe we can genetically modify corn and potatos to grow in space and manufacture some space robot farmers first. Not sure how it would be profitable, just spitballing.

 

[metropolinational]

a faulty bit of hardware

Hey, mind if I write this story?

 

[IWroteThis]

Hey, mind if I write this story?

Go for it. Let me know when it posts so I can read it, please.

 

[AlexBailey]

Yeah, but imagine how hard it would be to get the vendor to send a tech on-site to replace a faulty bit of hardware!

Yeah? Have you seen Optimus and other AI driven robotics? It’s all science fiction until it isn’t. Trained and educated engineers were still arguing that a self-driving car would never happen when they did. How many people thought catching and reusing booster rockets would be a thing a few years ago?

Modularity and replacement parts are key. Another sci-fi scenario is capturing asteroids for rare minerals and other raw materials. Harvesting them and putting them to use in orbit saves the hassle of bringing them to the ground.

 

[Britva415]

Kessler syndrome will foil some of those plans.

Either that, or those plans will trigger Kessler syndrome.

Musk's plans are ironic since Starlink has launched more objects into LEO than everything else put together.

That might be an exaggeration and not literally and numerically true, but it's close enough for my rhetorical point. They're only 1/3 of the way to full deployment, so, if it isn't already true as of today, it will be true before long.

In other words: There will be no bigger contributor to Kessler syndrome than Musk. So when those orbiting "data centers" someone mentioned become inoperable, he can cry into his quarterly reports.