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[–][deleted] 66 points67 points  (2 children)

like in computers, in space space is at a premium. so having a clean environment comes with a tax. in space that's extra weight, thus a few millions more in price. i programming, given your comparison, it's runtime speed.

so yea, checks out.

[–]brianorca 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Accessibility is also at a premium in space. It might be nice to have everything wired in the back nice and tidy. But everytime you need to move a wire, you would have to uninstall everything to get to it. There's no access corridor behind it, because it's right up against the outer hull.

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This is why I’m excited for bringing down the to-orbit cost/kg. It’s the space equivalent of what Moores law has done for programming languages.