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		ekianjo 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Starcloud > Also disregard the cost it takes to send a technician for maintenance, of updating hardware, etc. This won't happen. If a satellite fails they will just write it off. Maintenance would be more expensive than depreciation

ceejayoz 8 months ago [–]

They’re proposing a multi-kilometer sized satellite, though. That’s more akin to demolishing an entire datacenter when something important fails.

ekianjo 8 months ago | [–]

How is it even feasible to build that?

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