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Silicon Valley wants AI in space - and the real customer may be the war machine
Space data centers are being sold as a futuristic fix for AI’s exploding energy problem, but the engineering looks brutal.
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SpaceX reveals its first orbital data center, 'much simpler than a Starlink satellite,' Musk says
SpaceX revealed its first generation of orbital data center satellite - dubbed AI1 - in a video posted to X late Monday. The reveal marks SpaceX's first step towards one of its biggest initiatives, ...
SpaceX has provided some details about its AI1 satellite, which it calls an orbital data center. The company provided updates about the size and power capacity of the system, ahead of a ...
As surging AI and compute demand pushes terrestrial data centers to their limit, space-based data centers can harness infinitely abundant solar energy in orbit thanks to Rocket Lab’s rapidly scalable ...
Jacksonville, Florida-based Redwire Corporation announced it completed the first deployment test of its roll-out solar arrays (ROSA) for the lunar Gateway space station. Redwire said the 60 kW ROSAs ...
Isaac Arthur on MSNOpinion
The first interplanetary war wouldn’t be glorious - it would be “accounting with guns”
The strongest moment comes when the video stops talking about fleets and starts talking about what actually keeps a space ...
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has developed technology to stiffen deployable structures on spacecraft, enabling autonomous spacecraft docking operations. SwRI is currently integrating the ...
Space-based solar power represents a transformative shift in renewable energy, capturing sunlight in orbit and transmitting electricity to Earth continuously. Orbiting photovoltaic arrays receive ...
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