Ars Technica
A private group wants to send a tiny, cheap spacecraft to Alpha Centauri in under 80,000 years, because the Fermi paradox isn't going to solve itself.
SpaceNews
As companies plan orbital data centers with up to a million satellites, experts plead: please decide which way to orbit before we turn LEO into a cosmic bumper-car rink.
SpaceNews
SpaceNews podcast hosts debate orbital data centers with Founders Fund and Starcloud; because your cloud storage isn't cloudy enough already.
SpaceNews
Starcloud buys Starlink lasers to turn space into a data center, because ground-based internet was just too reliable.
SpaceNews
Two-year-old orbital data center startup seeks $200 million to double valuation to $2.2 billion, plans 88,000 satellites, and hopes Elon Musk's Starship doesn't blow up before launch.
SpaceNews
A venture capitalist says orbital data centers are still years away, but maybe don't bet against the moon ice mining opportunity.
SpaceNews
Meta is buying space-based solar power from Overview Energy, because apparently ground-based sun beams weren't reliable enough for their AI data centers.
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