How Next-Gen Spacecraft Are Overwhelming Our Communication Networks

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33 points | by korrz 2 days ago

3 comments

  • bastawhiz 48 minutes ago
    But don't worry guys, AI space data centers are coming, and we'll...uhhh...come up with something before then!
  • wmf 26 minutes ago
    Starlink is conspicuously absent.
    • icegreentea2 1 minute ago
      Blogpost does mention Starlink in the context of developing optical transfer technologies. As far as I understand, SpaceX does not offer a service of allowing other satellites to relay data through the Starlink downlink to ground stations.

      In any case, that would probably only be a usable solution for stuff in lower orbit than Starlink.

  • infinitewars 56 minutes ago
    The push to do GPUs / AI in orbit is mainly to chase Department of War dollars for the Golden Dome program.

    https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Dome_(missile_defense_syst...

    I hope the engineers who weaponize space realize they're destroying any hope for the future.

    • ceejayoz 47 minutes ago
      I think the engineers working on "AI datacenters… in spaaaaaace!" largely realize it's never really gonna happen.
      • __MatrixMan__ 34 minutes ago
        Oh there will be something up there that they call a datacenter. It doesn't have to actually work for them to point at it and say "the data is up there and therefore is not subject to whatever regional regulation you're hassling me about."

        It's a bit like how one guy bought alpaca socks on the silk road and thousands pointed to those socks and said "see, it's not for crime."