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geertjtoday at 10:54 AM2 repliesview on HN

The problem putting them in space solves is the approx 5X more solar energy without needing batteries for day and night cycles, along with some smaller wins due to less structural support needed due to microgravity.


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xnxtoday at 11:07 AM

> The problem putting them in space solves is

There are a lot of problems that can be solved by creating 20 other, much bigger, problems.

Geof25today at 11:35 AM

And then it creates problem with radiation (energy dense particles travelling close to the speed of light ripping holes into 2nm chips) and heat (it turns out that coffee stays hot in a thermos for very long time)