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@ Shawn ⚡️
2025-04-18 16:05:56
I can hear it already: "They're going to boil the moon!"
Fascinating read.
"Building GPUs and using GPUs in LEO may seem attractive, but we’d quickly run afoul of Kessler syndrome, whereby the density of space debris in low Earth orbit becomes so high that collisions between objects generate even more debris in a cascading effect that can make operating satellites and spacecraft, or in this case GPUs, increasingly difficult or impossible in these orbits.
So where else can we go? The Moon.
The Moon is rich in silicon from the regolith deposits on its surface, a necessary ingredient for the manufacture of GPUs. Advances in robotics mean that creating a robot that can assemble itself, or a smaller base of machinery that can reproduce itself, is within reach."
https://letter.palladiummag.com/p/early-article-the-moon-should-be