Submitted by buggaby t3_11l2tlt in nottheonion
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eighty2angelfan t1_jba7u4l wrote
That dude from SpaceBalls?
laf1157 t1_jba8xzy wrote
Would only be useful for data networks on the moon. Transmission between earth and moon is a couple seconds, eternity in the digital world.
BogusException t1_jba9ijb wrote
THE Lone Star?
SelectiveSanity t1_jbaa1b1 wrote
Am the only one thinking this originated from some lofty idea spewing coked out executive with no real world experience in their company's field or even basic understanding of electronics, let alone physics and doesn't even have an idea on how much would actually cost to implement this, let alone maintain it, after reading some scifi pulp novel?
The type of idiot who would dream up the gay bomb or a rich entitled asshole's dystopian nightmare tax haven on the sea.
SelectiveSanity t1_jbabyiw wrote
Yes.
(Flips down visor on ridiculously oversized helmet)
Lonestar!
(Slow Camera zoom in)
Gah!
(Camera bumps into ridiculously oversized helmet)
Ryimax t1_jbaejcf wrote
Having a data center in space would probably help with heat dispersion. Other than that though, I can't think of anything
buggaby OP t1_jbaf742 wrote
If you have to bury it though? Anyway, we have cold places on the Earth.
Ryimax t1_jbafisi wrote
The moon's ground is still colder than Earth's. But I would think just putting it in earth orbit would be much
TheSmellofOxygen t1_jbago7m wrote
It's actually much harder to dissipate heat in vacuum. Only radiative cooling works. No air or water molecules to offload all that thermal energy into when they bump against you. Also solar radiation without an atmosphere, static regolith, latency, infeasibility of maintenance...
They'd definitely have to be buried. I guess I support this effort as a method of expanding space travel, but it's definitely worse than any earth based datacenter.
eighty2angelfan t1_jbagyek wrote
May the Schwartz be with you.
pongnguy t1_jbal7sx wrote
Am starting to think this "idea" might be linked to illegal activity given that they are in the "final rounds" of closing on a $5 million seed. That's awfully large for a seed.
SelectiveSanity t1_jbalqlc wrote
That or someone rich is a fan of Nier Automata. For the Glory of mankind!
bigbangbilly t1_jbam7jx wrote
>* What is this supposed to protect from? An earth ending meteor? Then what's the data for if we're all dead?
- The data centers will be super far from everything, so really slow to access.
Sounds like AWS glacial storage but with extra steps.
TwentySevenNihilists t1_jbavvex wrote
A company in Florida, named after Texas, wants to put a data center the size of a book on the moon.
Is this even real? Is this the elaborate setup of an April Fool's joke? How much cocaine went into this plan?
LilG1984 t1_jbb8cy6 wrote
"There's only one person who'd give me the raspberry....Lone Starr!!!!" Dark Helmet
prefer-to-stay-anon t1_jbcj236 wrote
Holy shit. They have Glacier Deep for 0.00099 dollars per GB per month, or 1 dollar per TB per month. How is that economically feasible?!?
Stupidiocity t1_jbdnsu2 wrote
When the Sun isn't shining down on it. Otherwise it gets over 200 degrees Fahrenheit. It swings from extreme cold to extreme hot.
Oblivious122 t1_jbhc6id wrote
>> 'Gooch said the project is not “elitist,” like “The World” cruise ship or other massive luxury cruise-liners. He said some units on the ship will rent for only $50,000 for two weeks—while the large luxury units could sell for more than $7 million.'
buggaby OP t1_jba4r8i wrote
Put data centers on the moon?
I can't see any good reason for this. But maybe that's just me.