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throw10920 ◴[27 Jun 25 11:35 UTC] No.44395951[source]▶

> Starcloud’s target is to achieve a 5 GW cluster with solar arrays spanning 4 km by 4 km

Doesn't this massively surface area also mean a proportionately large risk of getting damaged by orbital debris?

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1. ceejayoz ◴[27 Jun 25 17:24 UTC] No.44398601[source]▶

Yes. You'd have to design them to be able to take a certain level of hits.

This is already a thing on the ISS, Shuttle, Voyager probes, etc.

Starcloud can’t put a data centre in space at $8.2M in one Starship