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by stingraycharles 34 days ago
5 years.

https://starlink.com/public-files/Starlink_Approach_to_Satel...

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I don’t think the flash storage would keep data integrity for that long without a lot of redundancy. Also, processing capacity would be limited as well. Is there a problem that can be solved with a LEO server that can’t be better solved with the same amount of money sitting in a datacenter somewhere?
Pumping the SpaceX IPO.
$20 FPGAs have single event upset modules built in these days. You really think it's that hard to make a 2kB bootloader triple or quadruple redundant?