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ibejoeb 5 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: xAI joins SpaceX

I think there's a lot of a room for an energy play that will ultimately obviate the enormously costly terrestrial energy supply chain.

bakies 5 months ago [–]

You can just use the cheap solar panels that were gonna be launched into space (expensive) and not launch them into space (not expensive) and plug them into some batteries (still, cheaper than a rocket launch)

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