[Berger] Eric Schmidt apparently bought Relativity Space to put data centers in orbit
[Berger] Eric Schmidt apparently bought Relativity Space to put data centers in orbit
“Gives you a sense of how big this crisis is.”…
I, too, am very curious how they plan to dissipate the heat...
High radiation, can’t dissipate heat, not instantly serviceable. I struggle to think of a worse application for a space station.
Well maybe a convenience store.
Escape Room.
An outdoor swimming pool?
Open a window
No air in space :P
Maybe they could heat some water with it and spin some things .. or a giant thermocouple?
You'd need to keep one side of the thermocouple cold in order for it to work, and now we're back to the problem of dissipating heat...
If you boil water, now you have steam that you either need to vent overboard (limiting the lifetime of the system), or recondense, necessitating the dissipation of heat...
Setting aside the environments arguments, I'll hold out hope that he's wrong and none of the ML companies will ever be able to fund something like that.
Also, what a weird launch company to buy if that's your goal. I thought Relativity was going to be the odd one out without enough differentiation and wasn't long for this world. The data center rationale makes me question that decision even more. I'm not praying for their downfall or anything, I just don't get it.