... so ... I'm kind of scared to ask. But. <\/p>
There is this idea of \"data centers in space\" and everyone is arguing about \"can it be done?\" but... can someone please tell me WHY you'd want to do this?<\/p>
In my sci-fi story there is a data center in space and it is up there because it's illegal and doing very bad things. But... that's not it, is it?<\/p>
Is it??<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/sauropods.win\/@futurebird\/116966675403665298","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-23:objectType=thread:nonce=fcfc7073816833cc","notice_info":{"local_id":"12940557","source":"ActivityPub","repeat_of":"12935205"}},"published":"2026-07-24T01:39:46+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"title":"steter repeated a notice by futurebird","verb":"share","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.stevesworld.co\/users\/steter\/statuses\/116972400277346698\/activity"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/ShadSterling","displayName":"ShadSterling","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/theme\/gnusocialjp\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/theme\/gnusocialjp\/default-avatar-stream.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/theme\/gnusocialjp\/default-avatar-mini.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"20730"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/theme\/gnusocialjp\/default-avatar-profile.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Capitalism is a denial-of-service attack on human potential","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@ShadSterling","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"ShadSterling","displayName":"ShadSterling","note":"Capitalism is a denial-of-service attack on human potential"}},"content":"
@futurebird<\/a> nobody actually wants to put datacenters in space, the people promoting the idea want to get the same class of dangerously wealthy idiots who spent a trillion and a half dollars on glorified autocomplete to spend the next trillion on their companies so when the company fails the people who set it up keep their golden parachutes. It\u2019s a game to try to become a centimillionaire on the whim of a group of centibillionaires.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-09-06:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/ShadSterling\/statuses\/116967647239429982","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/users\/ShadSterling\/statuses\/116967647239429982","objectType":"note","content":" @futurebird<\/a> nobody actually wants to put datacenters in space, the people promoting the idea want to get the same class of dangerously wealthy idiots who spent a trillion and a half dollars on glorified autocomplete to spend the next trillion on their companies so when the company fails the people who set it up keep their golden parachutes. It\u2019s a game to try to become a centimillionaire on the whim of a group of centibillionaires.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@ShadSterling\/116967647239429982","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/sauropods.win\/users\/futurebird\/statuses\/116966675403665298","url":"https:\/\/sauropods.win\/@futurebird\/116966675403665298"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/sauropods.win\/users\/futurebird"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-23:objectType=thread:nonce=fcfc7073816833cc","notice_info":{"local_id":"12940556","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-07-24T01:39:45+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@ShadSterling\/116967647239429982"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/shitposter.world\/users\/sun","displayName":"Blurry Moon","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/252828-original-tmp20251004110915.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":306,"height":306},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/252828-96-20251004110938.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/252828-48-20251004110938.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/252828-24-20251004110938.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"252828"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/252828-96-20251004110938.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"I used to be the Moon on a different planet.","url":"https:\/\/shitposter.world\/users\/sun","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"sun","displayName":"Blurry Moon","note":"I used to be the Moon on a different planet."}},"content":"@7666<\/a> @futurebird<\/a> excellent info, thanks","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-09-06:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/shitposter.world\/objects\/fd767fb1-640b-4722-83f1-4b853b368070","object":{"id":"https:\/\/shitposter.world\/objects\/fd767fb1-640b-4722-83f1-4b853b368070","objectType":"note","content":"@7666<\/a> @futurebird<\/a> excellent info, thanks","url":"https:\/\/shitposter.world\/objects\/fd767fb1-640b-4722-83f1-4b853b368070","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/comp.lain.la\/objects\/c4dbb8c3-2395-477b-98a4-28677262582b","url":"https:\/\/comp.lain.la\/objects\/c4dbb8c3-2395-477b-98a4-28677262582b"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/sauropods.win\/users\/futurebird"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/comp.lain.la\/users\/7666"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-23:objectType=thread:nonce=fcfc7073816833cc","notice_info":{"local_id":"12935237","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-07-23T02:23:12+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/shitposter.world\/objects\/fd767fb1-640b-4722-83f1-4b853b368070"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/comp.lain.la\/users\/7666","displayName":"7666","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/90321-original-tmp20230121190529.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":262,"height":262},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/90321-96-20230121190529.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/90321-48-20230121190529.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/90321-24-20230121190529.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"90321"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/90321-96-20230121190529.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":""i am never making a fedi" - 7666","url":"https:\/\/comp.lain.la\/users\/7666","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"7666","displayName":"7666","note":""i am never making a fedi" - 7666"}},"content":"@sun<\/a> @futurebird<\/a> here's a random X-band SAR constellation from a US company: 560km LEO https:\/\/www.eoportal.org\/satellite-missions\/umbra-sar#eop-quick-facts-section<\/a> ... so ... I'm kind of scared to ask. But. <\/p> There is this idea of \"data centers in space\" and everyone is arguing about \"can it be done?\" but... can someone please tell me WHY you'd want to do this?<\/p> In my sci-fi story there is a data center in space and it is up there because it's illegal and doing very bad things. But... that's not it, is it?<\/p> Is it??<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-09-06:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/sauropods.win\/users\/futurebird\/statuses\/116966675403665298","object":{"id":"https:\/\/sauropods.win\/users\/futurebird\/statuses\/116966675403665298","objectType":"note","content":" ... so ... I'm kind of scared to ask. But. <\/p> There is this idea of \"data centers in space\" and everyone is arguing about \"can it be done?\" but... can someone please tell me WHY you'd want to do this?<\/p> In my sci-fi story there is a data center in space and it is up there because it's illegal and doing very bad things. But... that's not it, is it?<\/p> Is it??<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/sauropods.win\/@futurebird\/116966675403665298","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-23:objectType=thread:nonce=fcfc7073816833cc","notice_info":{"local_id":"12935205","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-07-23T02:17:26+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/sauropods.win\/@futurebird\/116966675403665298"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/comp.lain.la\/users\/7666","displayName":"7666","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/90321-original-tmp20230121190529.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":262,"height":262},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/90321-96-20230121190529.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/90321-48-20230121190529.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/90321-24-20230121190529.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"90321"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/90321-96-20230121190529.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":""i am never making a fedi" - 7666","url":"https:\/\/comp.lain.la\/users\/7666","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"7666","displayName":"7666","note":""i am never making a fedi" - 7666"}},"content":"@futurebird<\/a> current completely valid conspiracy theory is that the phased arrays being used on the radios on starlink satellites could be repurposed into synthetic aperture radars (yeah, you don't think it was just for internet, do you?) which would then be preprocessed by direct laser links to processing nodes (the so called datacenters in space) from the satellites, and then actionable intelligence beamed down to the surface. the addressable military market for 100% geospatial imaging 24\/7 processed by AI would be absolutely insane.
Starlink: 550km https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-starlink-satellites.html<\/a>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-09-06:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/comp.lain.la\/objects\/c4dbb8c3-2395-477b-98a4-28677262582b","object":{"id":"https:\/\/comp.lain.la\/objects\/c4dbb8c3-2395-477b-98a4-28677262582b","objectType":"note","content":"@sun<\/a> @futurebird<\/a> here's a random X-band SAR constellation from a US company: 560km LEO https:\/\/www.eoportal.org\/satellite-missions\/umbra-sar#eop-quick-facts-section<\/a>
Starlink: 550km https:\/\/www.space.com\/spacex-starlink-satellites.html<\/a>","url":"https:\/\/comp.lain.la\/objects\/c4dbb8c3-2395-477b-98a4-28677262582b","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/shitposter.world\/objects\/c52666a3-aafb-48ae-8a68-c43257b099cb","url":"https:\/\/shitposter.world\/objects\/c52666a3-aafb-48ae-8a68-c43257b099cb"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/sauropods.win\/users\/futurebird"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/shitposter.world\/users\/sun"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-23:objectType=thread:nonce=fcfc7073816833cc","notice_info":{"local_id":"12935235","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-07-23T02:23:02+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/comp.lain.la\/objects\/c4dbb8c3-2395-477b-98a4-28677262582b"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/shitposter.world\/users\/sun","displayName":"Blurry Moon","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/252828-original-tmp20251004110915.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":306,"height":306},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/252828-96-20251004110938.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/252828-48-20251004110938.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/252828-24-20251004110938.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"252828"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/252828-96-20251004110938.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"I used to be the Moon on a different planet.","url":"https:\/\/shitposter.world\/users\/sun","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"sun","displayName":"Blurry Moon","note":"I used to be the Moon on a different planet."}},"content":"@7666<\/a> @futurebird<\/a> the science checks out but would it work at the height of the starlink satellites? genuinely curious","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-09-06:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/shitposter.world\/objects\/c52666a3-aafb-48ae-8a68-c43257b099cb","object":{"id":"https:\/\/shitposter.world\/objects\/c52666a3-aafb-48ae-8a68-c43257b099cb","objectType":"note","content":"@7666<\/a> @futurebird<\/a> the science checks out but would it work at the height of the starlink satellites? genuinely curious","url":"https:\/\/shitposter.world\/objects\/c52666a3-aafb-48ae-8a68-c43257b099cb","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/comp.lain.la\/objects\/9fab8dcf-4b80-45b5-8d4e-f933a0c6a951","url":"https:\/\/comp.lain.la\/objects\/9fab8dcf-4b80-45b5-8d4e-f933a0c6a951"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/sauropods.win\/users\/futurebird"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/comp.lain.la\/users\/7666"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-23:objectType=thread:nonce=fcfc7073816833cc","notice_info":{"local_id":"12935210","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-07-23T02:19:07+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/shitposter.world\/objects\/c52666a3-aafb-48ae-8a68-c43257b099cb"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/sauropods.win\/users\/futurebird","displayName":"myrmepropagandist","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/31520-original-tmp20221119012414.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/31520-96-20221126213630.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/31520-48-20221126213630.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/31520-24-20221126213630.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"31520"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/31520-96-20221126213630.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"pro-ant propaganda, building electronics, writing sci-fi teaching mathematics & CS. I live in NYC.\ud83c\udf96\ufe0f(<<Medal Awarded for the time when there were too many people.)Proverbs 6:6bug haters DNIIf you only use bluesky follow me here: https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/I am a single human person not an ant colony.","url":"https:\/\/sauropods.win\/@futurebird","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"futurebird","displayName":"myrmepropagandist","note":"pro-ant propaganda, building electronics, writing sci-fi teaching mathematics & CS. I live in NYC.\ud83c\udf96\ufe0f(<<Medal Awarded for the time when there were too many people.)Proverbs 6:6bug haters DNIIf you only use bluesky follow me here: https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/I am a single human person not an ant colony."}},"content":"
this image attached was taken with no camera lens whatsoever by using a real synthetic aperture radar, which is a phased radar array technology. phased radar is not new, being used for the past 50+ years, but the processing capability to do new things with it beyond just \"did someone fire a missile at me\" is what's now in reach.
and what do you know? phased array systems exist on starlink already! notice any similarities between image 2 and 3, maybe?
i'm not insane, YOU'RE insane.","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-09-06:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/comp.lain.la\/objects\/9fab8dcf-4b80-45b5-8d4e-f933a0c6a951","object":{"id":"https:\/\/comp.lain.la\/objects\/9fab8dcf-4b80-45b5-8d4e-f933a0c6a951","objectType":"note","content":"@futurebird<\/a> current completely valid conspiracy theory is that the phased arrays being used on the radios on starlink satellites could be repurposed into synthetic aperture radars (yeah, you don't think it was just for internet, do you?) which would then be preprocessed by direct laser links to processing nodes (the so called datacenters in space) from the satellites, and then actionable intelligence beamed down to the surface. the addressable military market for 100% geospatial imaging 24\/7 processed by AI would be absolutely insane.
this image attached was taken with no camera lens whatsoever by using a real synthetic aperture radar, which is a phased radar array technology. phased radar is not new, being used for the past 50+ years, but the processing capability to do new things with it beyond just \"did someone fire a missile at me\" is what's now in reach.
and what do you know? phased array systems exist on starlink already! notice any similarities between image 2 and 3, maybe?
i'm not insane, YOU'RE insane.","url":"https:\/\/comp.lain.la\/objects\/9fab8dcf-4b80-45b5-8d4e-f933a0c6a951","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/sauropods.win\/users\/futurebird\/statuses\/116966675403665298","url":"https:\/\/sauropods.win\/@futurebird\/116966675403665298"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/sauropods.win\/users\/futurebird"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-07-23:objectType=thread:nonce=fcfc7073816833cc","notice_info":{"local_id":"12935206","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-07-23T02:17:24+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/comp.lain.la\/objects\/9fab8dcf-4b80-45b5-8d4e-f933a0c6a951"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/6570360","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}