<![CDATA[Cowboy Space (I hate their name so much) published their consolidated response a week ago but we just noticed it.]]>Cowboy Space (I hate their name so much) published their consolidated response a week ago but we just noticed it. EDIT: It was due at 5pm EDT today. So... I guess I have to read this shit. Swearing a lot here will get me through it.

A reminder: this is the 4th company that wants to launch fucking enormous "AI data center" satellites into sun-synchronous terminator orbits, giving Earth a ring. This particular company wants 20,000 satellites in one ring.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/4f90ac52-458b-4215-87fe-ca7f5c2e6e6d/cowboy-space-i-hate-their-name-so-much-published-their-consolidated-response-a-week-ago-but-we-just-noticed-it.RSS for NodeTue, 11 Aug 2026 06:15:14 GMTThu, 30 Jul 2026 15:59:15 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy Space (I hate their name so much) published their consolidated response a week ago but we just noticed it. on Sun, 02 Aug 2026 19:01:01 GMT]]>@faithisleaping The failure of Intel is a real Kodak moment.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/ap/users/116213082989216869/statuses/117027455722560372https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/ap/users/116213082989216869/statuses/117027455722560372Sun, 02 Aug 2026 19:01:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy Space (I hate their name so much) published their consolidated response a week ago but we just noticed it. on Sun, 02 Aug 2026 15:20:49 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

Could this be 'merely' an enormous Investment scam? i.e; a lie so BIG and prepostrous that only super rich people will believe it?

They all buy in for a few hundred million here & and few hundred million there, then finally it all goes bankrupt after 'losing' a few billion & the C-suite of the 'failed' company slinks off to their private Islands and mega-mansions, to bask in their colossal 'failure'?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/oldguycrusty/statuses/117026589861088101https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/oldguycrusty/statuses/117026589861088101Sun, 02 Aug 2026 15:20:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy Space (I hate their name so much) published their consolidated response a week ago but we just noticed it. on Sun, 02 Aug 2026 15:01:50 GMT]]>@klausfiend @sundogplanets Sorry to ping an old thread but I just learned that intel is getting in on the grift:

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/content-details/923451/intel-starfire-built-for-extremes-powered-by-intel.html

They’ve utterly failed to make any headway in data center AI so now they’re advertising space grade AI in an attempt to drink from the VC firehose. And of course they’re bragging about domestic US manufacturing, too.

I can guarantee you that no one at Intel knows anything about building space grade hardware. But, hey, no one needs to care about that until after they’ve pulled a few billion in contracts.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://anarres.family/users/faithisleaping/statuses/117026515248078908https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://anarres.family/users/faithisleaping/statuses/117026515248078908Sun, 02 Aug 2026 15:01:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy Space (I hate their name so much) published their consolidated response a week ago but we just noticed it. on Fri, 31 Jul 2026 23:18:45 GMT]]>@sundogplanets talkingpointsmemo.com had a great piece today. It started off talking about why there’s such a strong backlash against data centers, but finished with the reason the Tech Lords want them in space: because they can’t handle it when county commissions and zoning boards have power over them.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/Virginicus/statuses/117017144536711622https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/Virginicus/statuses/117017144536711622Fri, 31 Jul 2026 23:18:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy Space (I hate their name so much) published their consolidated response a week ago but we just noticed it. on Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:01:02 GMT]]>@sundogplanets I'm sorry you have to deal with this, and also thanks for dealing with this for all of us I assume if they are fans of AI data centers, large portions of this bullshit report including the ridiculous satellite size have been designed by AI...?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://troet.cafe/users/ditsch42/statuses/117014951531668431https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://troet.cafe/users/ditsch42/statuses/117014951531668431Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:01:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy Space (I hate their name so much) published their consolidated response a week ago but we just noticed it. on Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:17:40 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Also funny when they built a giant radiator whose sole purpose is to emit infrared radiation. Like, even if it somehow could break the laws of physics and not emit, that would defeat its entire point.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/internic/statuses/117014781021487712https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/internic/statuses/117014781021487712Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:17:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy Space (I hate their name so much) published their consolidated response a week ago but we just noticed it. on Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:12:16 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

The FCC?
Is this the Federation of Planets, or jut the US?

In which case, who gave them authority over the solar system? The United Nations? Some god? Let's see the paperwork!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/EricLawton/statuses/117014523816415142https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://kolektiva.social/users/EricLawton/statuses/117014523816415142Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:12:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy Space (I hate their name so much) published their consolidated response a week ago but we just noticed it. on Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:38:22 GMT]]>@sundogplanets
https://www.threads.com/share/_ibNWVuqk/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/EvilK/statuses/117014154601371999https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/EvilK/statuses/117014154601371999Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:38:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy Space (I hate their name so much) published their consolidated response a week ago but we just noticed it. on Fri, 31 Jul 2026 07:57:26 GMT]]>@sundogplanets @mastodonmigration Also, there’re potential national security / infrastructure resilience issues. Traditional data centres are mostly covered by air defense systems of the country they’re in.

These orbital data centres can literally be taken out by a handful of nuts and bolts thrown into their orbit.

The very same defense was to be used by the Soviet Union if the US were ever to put multibillion $$ laser satellites into orbit under their SDI program proposed in the 80s.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/FrankEndrullat/statuses/117013521815714368https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/FrankEndrullat/statuses/117013521815714368Fri, 31 Jul 2026 07:57:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy Space (I hate their name so much) published their consolidated response a week ago but we just noticed it. on Fri, 31 Jul 2026 07:20:10 GMT]]>@sundogplanets this is just the corporate version of pump and dump, isn't it. "invest in us!" … "oops all the money's been 'spent', bye now."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/fishidwardrobe/statuses/117013375273296192https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/fishidwardrobe/statuses/117013375273296192Fri, 31 Jul 2026 07:20:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy Space (I hate their name so much) published their consolidated response a week ago but we just noticed it. on Fri, 31 Jul 2026 07:11:20 GMT]]>@sundogplanets @lauren two million! What would that do to the collision clock? A couple of days goes to... a few minutes?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/AbramKedge/statuses/117013340496486168https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/AbramKedge/statuses/117013340496486168Fri, 31 Jul 2026 07:11:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy Space (I hate their name so much) published their consolidated response a week ago but we just noticed it. on Fri, 31 Jul 2026 07:05:27 GMT]]>@klausfiend @davidtheeviloverlord @sundogplanets What 'would' work is the space compute concept of http://server-sky.com

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://pdx.social/users/503bartley/statuses/117013317400989496https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://pdx.social/users/503bartley/statuses/117013317400989496Fri, 31 Jul 2026 07:05:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy Space (I hate their name so much) published their consolidated response a week ago but we just noticed it. on Fri, 31 Jul 2026 05:29:41 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Yes, and who is going to compensate people in earth when their space junk crashes into their houses and surrounding environment and even themselves? You can bet the big space tech billionaires will deny any responsibility, as always.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nz/ap/users/115828656027457735/statuses/117012940827098633https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nz/ap/users/115828656027457735/statuses/117012940827098633Fri, 31 Jul 2026 05:29:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy Space (I hate their name so much) published their consolidated response a week ago but we just noticed it. on Fri, 31 Jul 2026 05:09:14 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

Power beaming: "an old concept of collecting solar power in space with solar power satellites and transmitting it to Earth"

from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboy_Space_Corporation

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/johnlogic/statuses/117012860428466657https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/johnlogic/statuses/117012860428466657Fri, 31 Jul 2026 05:09:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy Space (I hate their name so much) published their consolidated response a week ago but we just noticed it. on Fri, 31 Jul 2026 04:58:55 GMT]]>@jkb @sundogplanets

"Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down?
That's not my department!" says Wernher von Braun.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://meow.social/users/Wolf_Baginski/statuses/117012819841435927https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://meow.social/users/Wolf_Baginski/statuses/117012819841435927Fri, 31 Jul 2026 04:58:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy Space (I hate their name so much) published their consolidated response a week ago but we just noticed it. on Fri, 31 Jul 2026 04:24:08 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Now, I could believe "We will not have any reflections or IR emissions, because none of our satellites will ever be built, let alone launched."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/JonathanLennox/statuses/117012683083118222https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/JonathanLennox/statuses/117012683083118222Fri, 31 Jul 2026 04:24:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy Space (I hate their name so much) published their consolidated response a week ago but we just noticed it. on Fri, 31 Jul 2026 04:08:51 GMT]]>@sundogplanets Just thinking about this from another perspective. There was that "line", I think, city that some nutters were going to build in the desert. May both those people and the Cowboy Bebop crowd both read Larry Niven's ringworld and just managed to capture enough vc to fund the prospectus?

More fool them.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/muddle/statuses/117012622957798763https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/muddle/statuses/117012622957798763Fri, 31 Jul 2026 04:08:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy Space (I hate their name so much) published their consolidated response a week ago but we just noticed it. on Fri, 31 Jul 2026 02:21:28 GMT]]>@faithisleaping @sundogplanets The DCs powering AI are quite a different beast—modular DCs are still a thing but have different economics, and in the case of a neocloud, those AI DCs are monetized by having every GPU available working at full throttle. A dead GPU means compute capacity not being sold, which is already a loss, but if you're still consuming power and/or cooling for it, additional money left on the table. It's also worth noting that some model workloads can span multiple servers, so having "holes" in the rack makes the logistics of that kind of workload more complicated (because you have to deal with latency differentials, etc., going east-west that are different going north-south.)

The economics of a neocloud DC are also why they're so terrible for electricity and water consumption: idle nodes don't generate revenue.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/ap/users/116213082989216869/statuses/117012200750598848https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/ap/users/116213082989216869/statuses/117012200750598848Fri, 31 Jul 2026 02:21:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy Space (I hate their name so much) published their consolidated response a week ago but we just noticed it. on Fri, 31 Jul 2026 01:48:07 GMT]]>@sundogplanets They should make the application fee a aignificant percentage of expected revenue. Reduce the flow of bullshit.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/avirr/statuses/117012069589110704https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/avirr/statuses/117012069589110704Fri, 31 Jul 2026 01:48:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy Space (I hate their name so much) published their consolidated response a week ago but we just noticed it. on Fri, 31 Jul 2026 01:32:10 GMT]]>@tschenkel @faithisleaping @sundogplanets I've worked in automotive safety and we have a spreadsheet for likely error rate depending on height at the Earth's surface and the amount of memory on the MCU. I guess since these LLM processes spit out random garbage anyways the error rate doesn't matter?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/Affekt/statuses/117012006850937752https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/Affekt/statuses/117012006850937752Fri, 31 Jul 2026 01:32:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy Space (I hate their name so much) published their consolidated response a week ago but we just noticed it. on Fri, 31 Jul 2026 01:20:46 GMT]]>@sundogplanets they've been perfecting their craft for a long time

https://youtu.be/jixxYx9fklM

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/autolycos/statuses/117011962010853051https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/autolycos/statuses/117011962010853051Fri, 31 Jul 2026 01:20:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy Space (I hate their name so much) published their consolidated response a week ago but we just noticed it. on Fri, 31 Jul 2026 01:06:52 GMT]]>@sundogplanets

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/theothersimo/statuses/117011907363603268https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/theothersimo/statuses/117011907363603268Fri, 31 Jul 2026 01:06:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy Space (I hate their name so much) published their consolidated response a week ago but we just noticed it. on Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:52:37 GMT]]>@davidtheeviloverlord @sundogplanets You _can_ do it, but the costs are (without irony, word choice intended) astronomical. You could liquid cool the inside of an orbital DC, but you'd still need a TON of surface area on external heat exchangers to passively radiate that heat away, since you can't rely on either convection or conduction—which are much much faster for heat transfer—but also aren't possible in a vacuum. A DC in space is basically the inside of a giant Yeti thermos, and that inside has an operational temperature range up to about 80C, but without cooling will easily get up to 140C or hotter—at which point stuff fails catastrophically; you have to move a lot of Joules to keep things operating in range.

Which is all to say that it's not _impossible_, but it IS nonetheless wildly impractical. But it is also calculable: DC math isn't hard, and manufacturers include power inputs and thermal outputs in their spec sheets—so omitting that seems very deliberate.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/ap/users/116213082989216869/statuses/117011851349762859https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.ca/ap/users/116213082989216869/statuses/117011851349762859Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:52:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Cowboy Space (I hate their name so much) published their consolidated response a week ago but we just noticed it. on Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:09:41 GMT]]>@sundogplanets @klausfiend Spaaaaaaace viiiiibes!!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/Caution/statuses/117011682536825220https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/Caution/statuses/117011682536825220Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:09:41 GMT