Hugh Lam

Because you still have to get it up to Earth, right?

And so...

there'd be thousands of kilos, tons.

So even as those falling launch costs dwindled down over time, as I mentioned, the absolute totality of the size of those data centers is just going to be quite high.

So while I think there is a case for data centers in space, right now it's probably stretching towards that blue sky scenario because of how big those payloads are.

And

I mentioned falling launch costs of those rockets.

Typically, they are for smaller payloads.

But once you get into higher payloads, which is just like what you're carrying into space, the costs are still going to be there.

I would love to see data centers in space.

I'm a massive AI and tech guy.

And we are definitely very compute constrained on Earth.

I think what Elon is doing is very visionary, and I admire that.

But right now, it is quite difficult to do so today.

Don't you want data to be hardwired, though?

I think generally most people would associate fiber optic cables to be very fast, but I wouldn't discredit how fast LEO satellites are.

The amount that they're transmitting is between 20 to 40 milliseconds.

Right now, that is not as close as fiber optic cables, so you're

absolutely right that fiber optic cables are still a little bit faster.

I've read various reports where LEO satellites probably have to go to that 10 millisecond metric in order to be similar to fiber optic cables.