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

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199 points angadh | 1 comments | 26 Jun 25 20:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | source
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xnx ◴[26 Jun 25 20:41 UTC] No.44391125[source]▶
Starcloud isn't even worth the attention to point out what an infeasible idea it is.
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Brian_K_White ◴[27 Jun 25 01:50 UTC] No.44393122[source]▶
Maybe SpinLaunch can get it up there. And the power for the SpinLaunch motor can come from Solar Roadways.
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starik36 ◴[27 Jun 25 17:17 UTC] No.44398541[source]▶
There was a video from Scott Manley about this several years back. And he was very skeptical that it's even feasible for SpinLaunch to place something useful into orbit. And they haven't yet.
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1. consumer451 ◴[28 Jun 25 15:15 UTC] No.44405262[source]▶
> he was very skeptical that it's even feasible for SpinLaunch to place something useful into orbit.

I am a big Manley fan, but I don't understand that. Fuel, oxidizers, and water can all likely withstand 10,000 G loads, and are quite useful in orbit. Also, IIRC correctly one big factor regarding SpinLaunch's G load is that it builds slowly.