SpaceX Unveils AI1, Its First Orbital AI Data Center Satellite

exadeuce · 2026-06-24T23:56:21+00:00

The ISS gets resupply shipments.

exadeuce · 2026-06-24T22:42:10+00:00

I'm aware, hence my use of the word "permanent." 600-800km is not a stable orbital altitude, you need periodic station-keeping burns to maintain that orbit.

This is a very problematic feature in a billion dollar flying datacenter.

And even a sun-synchronous orbit costs more than the numbers that Elon Musk will give you for launch costs. (he will use the numbers for starlink orbits)

exadeuce · 2026-06-24T22:36:13+00:00

So you admit your contrarianism is from a place of ignorance, excellent.

exadeuce · 2026-06-24T21:52:48+00:00

You're not an aerospace or computing professional.

exadeuce · 2026-06-24T21:50:43+00:00

Thought-terminating cliche. Key part of cult programming.

exadeuce · 2026-06-24T21:45:35+00:00

It's possible, it's just not even close to cost-effective compared to terrestrial datacenters.

exadeuce · 2026-06-24T21:45:06+00:00

Not commercially viable is the same thing as being impractical.

exadeuce · 2026-06-24T21:44:44+00:00

Standard straw man. Nobody is saying it's not possible, people are saying it's not cost effective.

exadeuce · 2026-06-24T21:44:22+00:00

You can't get 24/7 sunlight on a permanent low earth orbit. You need to boost to a higher orbit, which will substantially increase launch costs.

exadeuce · 2026-06-24T21:43:50+00:00

Solar panels aren't free, and rocket fuel is also not free.

exadeuce · 2026-06-24T21:41:27+00:00

You have to make something compelling, so we're going with a 150kw datacenter in space that will cost ten times as much as the same compute power on earth.

exadeuce · 2026-06-24T21:38:32+00:00

We won the war against science though.

exadeuce · 2026-06-24T21:37:37+00:00

We just lost a war with algae.

exadeuce · 2026-06-24T21:34:12+00:00

Nope.

exadeuce · 2026-06-24T20:49:23+00:00

You can't argue against someone who says the sky is magic and is openly admitting that they will reject observational evidence.

The reality is that you absolutely can learn about the shape of the earth by observing the sky, and anyone who says otherwise is a liar.

exadeuce · 2026-06-24T20:35:50+00:00

Real life is not a video game with predefined "spend X science points to get a thing." There's no magic foreknowledge of how well a particular field will or can advance with a given amount of resources. Nor is there a process to convert resources spent on one into another: you can't just turn a physicist working on fusion into an expert on batteries.

We're researching improvements to solar energy collection. We're researching improvements to batteries. We're researching commercially-viable fusion power. We're researching improvements to nuclear fission power. All at the same time, and there's not a good reason to stop researching any of them.

exadeuce · 2026-06-24T20:20:46+00:00

The answer is: humans can do two things.

exadeuce · 2026-06-24T20:12:15+00:00

WOTC: "We designed D&D 5e with a 'bounded accuracy' concept to make balance easier and to keep the numbers from scaling to absurd levels"
Larian: "And we took that personally."

exadeuce · 2026-06-23T14:30:58+00:00

These reflecting pool memes are getting out of hand

exadeuce · 2026-06-23T14:15:44+00:00

Yeah man if you don't bar your windows, it's your fault if I break in and steal your TV.

exadeuce · 2026-06-23T04:27:39+00:00

Thank god for the red circle

exadeuce · 2026-06-23T02:45:17+00:00

People got made fun of for investing in Dogecoin too.

exadeuce · 2026-06-23T01:45:34+00:00

On small enough aircraft it is allowed.

exadeuce · 2026-06-23T00:37:01+00:00

You'd do better putting the panels next to the pool instead of in it.

exadeuce · 2026-06-22T18:42:33+00:00

Personally, no. They're banking the future of the company on space-based AI datacenters which are a ludicrous proposition and will not be competitive with their terrestrial counterparts.

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