Some 75 years ago, the idea of harnessing the power of the skies was little more than a fantasy popularized by futurists like Arthur C. Clarke β and Isaac Asimov. Now, Elon Musk's mega-merger of his companies xAI and SpaceX into a single entity brings this sci-fi dream a step closer to a potential realization.
NASA engineers and technologists have speculated for nearly two decades about moving energy-hungry computing off the planet. More recently, the βidea has captured the attention of Big Tech, including Alphabet and Jeff βBezos' Blue Origin. The physics made sense, and the solar energy was abundant. Still, the challenges seemed insurmountable.
Musk, though, known for betting on seemingly far-out theories and getting them to work, may finally be laying the groundwork to make data centers in space a reality.
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