"It really seems like anyone with some renders and a white paper written by someone being gassed up by an overly agreeable AI can get VC funding these days."
A big radiator. Yes they know how to do it, they already do it at a smaller scale with starlink. No its not as big as people seem to think (but it is big). The solar panels are bigger at least 2-3x, maybe more.
Also the mass to orbit / size for this does not work without starship working.
These dishes only need a radiator < 2 times the size of the ISS radiators if they were using the radiators on the ISS. They’re only 125kw avg, 150kw peak and the ISS radiators are rated 84kw.
I’m sure there’s been advancements in radiating heat efficiently in space as well.
Cumulatively it’ll be a lot, but the solar panels will be even more. They’re way bigger than the radiators.
A big radiator. Yes they know how to do it, they already do it at a smaller scale with starlink. No its not as big as people seem to think (but it is big). The solar panels are bigger at least 2-3x, maybe more.
Also the mass to orbit / size for this does not work without starship working.
Apparently for an average data center youd need bewtwen 100,000 to 500,000 meters squared of radiator area
These dishes only need a radiator < 2 times the size of the ISS radiators if they were using the radiators on the ISS. They’re only 125kw avg, 150kw peak and the ISS radiators are rated 84kw.
I’m sure there’s been advancements in radiating heat efficiently in space as well.
Cumulatively it’ll be a lot, but the solar panels will be even more. They’re way bigger than the radiators.
A dara center is more than 100Kw.