Masayoshi Sun dismisses Musk's idea for orbital data centers

Re:Masayoshi Sun dismisses Musk's idea for orbital data centers by LargoLasskhyfv on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @09:18AM (#48659305)

> MEO is about 500-1000ms latency in a good scenario (blanked coverage), that’s not snappy.

Just spitballing here: To the Moon it's about 1.5 seconds, and back the same OFC. That's 3000ms.

MEO is way below GEO, which is still way below Moon <-> Earth. How's that going to be 500 to 1000ms?!

Edit: I dealt with space debris by pointing to Planetes, the Manga/Anime. This is the way ;->

Edit of the edit: Or if that is too comical for you, the first 10 to 20 minutes of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey , basically the trip from Earth to the Moon, with a layover on that spinning space station.

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Re:Masayoshi Sun dismisses Musk's idea for orbital data centers by Topfi on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @11:28AM (#48661420)

Are we seriously using a Manga and a sci-fi movie from the 60s as a source? On the note of basing ideas on pure fiction, how far along are the hyper loop and starship earth-to-earth? The later even made it into the IPO filing of this very serious company...

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Re:Masayoshi Sun dismisses Musk's idea for orbital data centers by LargoLasskhyfv on Wednesday June 24, 2026 @12:28PM (#48662263)

One needs to have vision.

Even if it's met with derision.

I'm under the influence of the monolith.

Drumming the femur at speed.

Ouk! Ouk!

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