"Sci-fi readers already know where this is going: Musk is thinking about building a mass driver, which is essentially a coilgun for launching payloads instead of deadly projectiles. Paired with the lunar facility, Musk views it as a necessary step in building out computing power for his AI empire, which must not be bound by the finitude of terrestrial real estate."
"In an announcement about the acquisition stuffed with more sci-fi concepts, Musk argued that space-based AI was the 'only way to scale' the technology. He spoke of putting data centers in the Earth's orbit, where in theory they'd have access to practically unlimited amounts of solar energy. Along with orbital data centers, he imagines populating the orbit with a vast constellation of AI satellites, something he likened to building a 'sentient sun.'"
Musk is shifting focus from Mars to the Moon and has proposed constructing a lunar factory to manufacture AI satellites. He also proposes building an enormous electromagnetic catapult—a mass driver or coilgun—to launch those payloads into space. SpaceX acquired xAI, and Musk argues that space-based AI is the only way to scale computing, envisioning orbital data centers tapping near-unlimited solar energy. He imagines a vast constellation of AI satellites, likened to a 'sentient sun.' The Moon is positioned as a manufacturing hub despite Musk's prior criticism of lunar missions as a distraction from other goals.
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