Imagine a geodesic rotating array of orbiting servers

From	RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com>
Newsgroups	comp.misc
Subject	Imagine a geodesic rotating array of orbiting servers
Date	2014-03-12 14:29 +0000
Message-ID	<20140312142938.9b9eaf9d.rsw@therandymon.com> (permalink)

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From the "call it SkyNet and I kill you" department

What if you launched a fleet of small, thin, servers into orbit where they are powered by infinite solar energy and cooled in space?  What would that look like?

http://server-sky.com/

Interesting clip:

"Server Sky thinsats are ultralight aluminum foil substrates that
convert sunlight into computation and communications. Powered by solar
cells, propelled and steered by light pressure, networked and located
by microwaves, and cooled by radiation into deep space. Arrays of tens
of thousands of thinsats act as highly redundant computation and
database servers, as well as phased array antennas to reach thousands
of transceivers on the ground. First generation Version 5 thinsats are
20 centimeters across (about 8 inches) and 0.04 millimeters (40
microns) thick, and weigh 3 grams. They can be mass produced with
off-the-shelf semiconductor and display technologies. Thousands of
radio chips provide intra-array, inter-array, and ground communication,
as well as precise location information. Thinsats are launched stacked
by the thousands in solid cylinders, shrouded and vibration isolated
inside a traditional satellite bus."


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RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com>

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Imagine a geodesic rotating array of orbiting servers RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-12 14:29 +0000
  Re: Imagine a geodesic rotating array of orbiting servers Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-13 14:21 -0700
    Re: Imagine a geodesic rotating array of orbiting servers Andy Burns <usenet.feb2014@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2014-03-13 22:47 +0000
      Re: Imagine a geodesic rotating array of orbiting servers Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-13 15:50 -0700
        Re: Imagine a geodesic rotating array of orbiting servers Rich <rich@example.com> - 2014-03-14 01:43 +0000
        Re: Imagine a geodesic rotating array of orbiting servers greymausg <maus@mail.com> - 2014-03-14 11:55 +0000
        Re: Imagine a geodesic rotating array of orbiting servers RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-14 19:35 +0000
          Re: Imagine a geodesic rotating array of orbiting servers Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-14 13:24 -0700
            Unison RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-14 21:52 +0000
              Re: Unison RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-15 14:57 +0000
                Re: Unison Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-16 18:16 -0700
                Re: Unison RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-17 11:31 +0000
                Re: Unison Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@des.no> - 2014-03-17 13:32 +0100
                Re: Unison RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-17 13:32 +0000
                Re: Unison Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-03-17 17:57 +0000
                Re: Unison Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-17 18:19 +0000
                Re: Unison Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-17 20:01 +0000
                Re: Unison Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-03-17 21:15 +0000
                Re: Unison Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-17 21:29 +0000
                Re: Unison Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-03-17 21:37 +0000
                Re: Unison Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-18 15:20 +0000
                Re: Unison Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-18 19:14 +0000
                Re: Unison Rob Myers <rob@robmyers.org> - 2014-03-18 20:01 +0000
                Re: Unison Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-18 23:11 +0000
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