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Re:Danish pension fund excludes SpaceX citing governance and... by kergonath on Saturday May 30, 2026 @07:06AM (#48334937)
Why tungsten? In terms of thermal conductivity, It’s way worse than silver and copper and on par with good aluminium alloys. Those are cheaper and much lighter (so again much cheaper to put into orbit).
Re:Danish pension fund excludes SpaceX citing governance and... by eigenspace on Saturday May 30, 2026 @07:18AM (#48335027)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_bombardment

The idea is to use tungsten because of the high melting point and hardness so that it survives re-entry in order to best strike the rival datacentre.

Re:Danish pension fund excludes SpaceX citing governance and... by kergonath on Saturday May 30, 2026 @07:10PM (#48341483)
This has zero advantage over drones or ICBMs. It’s a joke, a Cold War fever dream.
Re:Danish pension fund excludes SpaceX citing governance and... by eigenspace on Sunday May 31, 2026 @05:02AM (#48344124)
It was a joke, but now it's a totally serious proposal because it can help with heat dissipation in orbital datacenters. Very serious. No joking here.