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		nomilk 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: xAI joins SpaceX Also, space solar is around 4-8x more efficient (24h/day full sun instead of ~4-8 on Earth), and 40% gain due to no atmospheric loss.

blitzar 3 months ago [–]

However, you can drive the computer and 100x the solar panels to the middle of nowhere for 1/1,000,000th of the cost.

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