Ariel Ekblaw

But I changed my focus in Aurelia Institute right around the beginning of the pandemic to say, I actually want to work on space infrastructure that is good for life on Earth.

So our donors are people who are happy to support space, but they want it to support life on Earth.

They want it to be off-worlding the AI data center so that you're not having that burden of the heat that's generated inside of a water vapor atmosphere, right?

That's why they're excited to support Aurelia.

It's a little bit different than the other typical people that you think about in the space industry, but yeah.

I'm with you guys on this.

I think humans should live in space stations that can spin.

Why go to another gravity well that's only one-third our gravity well, which means we're not going to do well.

We're not even sure a woman can bring a baby to term in one-third G. So talk about Mars civilization.

It's more like Mars outpost.

This is my favorite topic.

I think AI data centers has captured a lot of people's attention recently.

There are a bunch of U.S.-based commercial companies who are now trying to compete and beat China to it.

So we've known since the 70s that we could do this with microwaves.

Just a little scary to think about.

So the way it works is you take the energy from these solar panels in orbit, way more efficient, because you're getting raw, unfiltered sunlight.

And you can do it 24-7.

So you call a mate, you gather this energy up, you convert it into microwaves, not trivial, but you can do it, and you beam it down.

Shoot it down.

But the problem with that is it's very Austin Powers.