Strong piece. The key insight is that orbital datacenters probably wont replace terrestrial ones but just add another layer of expansion, which totally changes the environmental math. I've been watching the debris issue escalate for awhile and the Kessler syndrome risk with densely packed satellites is genuinely terrifying. The legal ambiguity around jurisdiction is also slick, companies can essentially launder regulatory oversight through permissive launch states.
Strong piece. The key insight is that orbital datacenters probably wont replace terrestrial ones but just add another layer of expansion, which totally changes the environmental math. I've been watching the debris issue escalate for awhile and the Kessler syndrome risk with densely packed satellites is genuinely terrifying. The legal ambiguity around jurisdiction is also slick, companies can essentially launder regulatory oversight through permissive launch states.
Thanks for the comment!
What could possibly go wrong 😱
Exactly! Leave it to the “experts”!