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Re:Data centers in space makes no sense by nkrisc on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @07:22AM (#46884992)
Sounds more difficult. Not only is the moon further, you also need to use more fuel to land on it and you also have fine, abrasive dust to deal with. There’s no wind of course, but surely material will be stirred up and resettle based on all the landing activity.

And it’s still a vacuum with many of the same cooling issues. I suppose one upside is you could use the moon itself as a heat sink (maybe).

Re:Data centers in space makes no sense by microtherion on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @10:05AM (#46886700)
> Not only is the moon further, you also need to use more fuel to land on it

And take off again, if reusable spacecraft are meant to be used.