The Boeing 747 Begins Its Final Descent

Re:The Boeing 747 Begins Its Final Descent by DangitBobby on Sunday June 28, 2026 @08:35PM (#48713352)

Transcontinental railroads weren't fighting against physics.

There's a reason people are pretty sure it won't work and it's not the difficulty of getting them into space or maintening them space or generally protecting them from space. Of course, those are all considerations as well. No, it's the cooling.

https://taranis.ie/datacenters-in-space-are-a-terrible-horri...

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Re:The Boeing 747 Begins Its Final Descent by WalterBright on Sunday June 28, 2026 @10:41PM (#48714188)

> cooling

I've seen many confident assertions about that issue. Do you think Musk doesn't know about it? People thought you couldn't reuse rockets, either. Or land them on their tails. Or pluck them out of the air with chopsticks.

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Re:The Boeing 747 Begins Its Final Descent by shigawire on Sunday June 28, 2026 @10:57PM (#48714250)

I'm a different guy... But I think he doesn't care and doesn't need to care. His main product is personal branding and hype -- caring about how it works is hardly relevant.

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Re:The Boeing 747 Begins Its Final Descent by anonymars on Monday June 29, 2026 @07:05AM (#48717630)

Or launch atop an unprotected flat slab of concrete

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