The company wants to send a 100,000-satellite data constellation.

Orbital data centers are a thing. That causes discussions. But the orbital data centers. They are a response to problems with data centers’ power supply. If we think about the economic aspect. There is a point about the price of electricity. Their position in orbit trajectory. It turns out to be cheaper. Than the position on Earth. Data centers can cause energy crises. The answer to that problem. It can be their own power plant, like a small nuclear reactor. In some other solutions. The data center. That uses cloud-based architecture. It can equip all computers with the RTG (Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator). 

Sending data satellites to orbit is not more difficult. Than sending communication satellites to the same trajectories. There are discussions about things like repair. Of those malfunctioning satellites. The satellite. It can be equipped with a heat shield and parachutes. Same way as in cases like the malfunction of the communication satellites. Those microcircuits will not change. The satellite. It will be returned to Earth by using parachutes or in the space shuttle cargo bay. 

That thing removes space junk. And that will be an answer for data security issues. Normally, satellites are driven into the atmosphere. There they land near Point Nemo. The problem is that. Deep-sea rescue units can pick up those satellites. And then find maybe some kind of critical information. That information contains the oscillation circuits from the satellite microchips. The ability to make a soft landing for those satellites allows researchers to investigate things. Like micrometeor damage. That also covers the hard drives and communication systems of those satellites. If those things go into the wrong hands. That can make it possible to create systems that can jam those satellites. 

If all computers have independent nuclear batteries. They will become energy independent. There is also the possibility of using renewable energy. Like solar power or geothermal generators. The geothermal generator is a ground-source heat pump well. There, the tubes are filled with gas or liquid that expands so strongly that it can rotate the turbine wheel. That rotates the generator. In the high orbiter, the data satellite. It can use solar panels to create electricity. 

Those systems allow control of other satellites. By using AI. This kind of data center at a high orbit could be immune to the plasma jammers. The plasma jammer is the system that delivers plasma between satellites and their ground stations. This kind of system allows the satellites to continue their operations. Even if the connection between them and the ground station is cut. Satellite data centers can also assist the moonbases. 

The satellite-based supercomputer is easier to make. than establishing a data center on the Moon. The data center could also be the landing crafts. That carry supercomputers. But there is a possibility. To send those data satellites on a trajectory that orbits Earth and the Moon. The relay satellite keeps contact with the satellite swarm. It can be at the point between Earth and the Moon; there. Their gravitation. Anchors that satellite into a stable position. The communication system. It must only know the position of that relay satellite. That keeps contact with the orbital data center. 

The moonbases. They can act as a laboratory. There, samples from other planets will be taken. If we think about the possibility of establishing bases on other planets, we must be sure. That there are no other lifeforms. 

The lifeform can travel between planets. And there, in an isolated environment, the microbe. It can be degenerate. There is a theory that Earth itself can deliver microbes to Venus, and probably. Also to Mars. The bacteria cannot live on the surface of Venus. But it can hover in Venus’ clouds. 

Another thing is that. Those systems. They can also make it possible. To test the cloud-based data architecture. The next-generation space probes that travel to outer solar systems and beyond could be swarms of smaller probes. That guarantees. The success of the mission. Even if one of those probes is damaged or destroyed. There is a possibility. That AI-controlled drone swarms can research Venus and Jupiter. 

The small-sized RTG (Radioisotope thermoelectric generator. Called nuclear batteries, allow small quadcopters to operate virtually unlimited time. These kinds of systems can research planets like Venus and Jupiter. But they can also operate in the deep seas. And they can act in challenging intelligence operations. 

The orbital data centers are the next question. If we want to build bases on Mars and beyond. It requires highly advanced automation. The base will be built using robots. And the algorithms that those robots require. They need lots of computer power. In the same way, if we want to send colonists there. Those people might get sick or be injured. And even the best doctors don’t know everything. The AI can support those people at work. But before anything is sent to Mars. That technology must be tested. If we want to send probes to the outer solar system. 

Their control signal travels from Jupiter to Earth in about 8 minutes. And 25 seconds. That is a very long time to control things like rovers on the surface of its moons. The probes themselves can travel to Jupiter and Saturn and use quite traditional control codes. But when some probe operates on Titan or some of Jupiter’s moons. Something surprising can happen. The sudden earthquakes on those icy moons. They can be far stronger than on Earth. There, the low gravity doesn’t  hold back those things. 

And there, rovers must react very fast. So, before anything goes interstellar, we must conquer the entire solar system. Before we send colonists and establish any bases. We must be sure. That the places those bases will be established are safe. The Mars base is not like the ISS. There is no straight way to return. If. There is something that happens. The journey to Earth takes a long time. And if the astronaut is injured. Or has some kind of infection. Even. 30-60 days in a closed spacecraft. Using some futuristic plasma engines feels eternal. 

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