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Re:Mars becomes the 2nd planet that has more computers runni... by laurent92 on Friday February 19, 2021 @05:21PM (#26198788)
> Wouldn’t you also need a big network of dishes

Nah, you can subscribe to big-dishes-on-demand using AWS Ground Station.

Wait, they did exactly that: https://aws.amazon.com/ground-station/

While some innovate, once again AWS reaps the margins of the whole space conquest by discretely providing the infrastructure that everyone needs. Clever!

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Re:Mars becomes the 2nd planet that has more computers runni... by folli on Friday February 19, 2021 @05:49PM (#26199060)
I honestly chuckled because of your AWS parody.

Than I clicked the link...

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Re:Mars becomes the 2nd planet that has more computers runni... by alvarlagerlof on Friday February 19, 2021 @07:00PM (#26199714)
Same. Now I'm wondering what they're not offering.
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