The fantasy seems to be the higher solar radiation flux, so the solar array can be smaller.
…And real estate costs/legal issues, I guess?
That’s technically true, but silly. It’s like saying “hey, we’d need less cooling area if we built the server farm at the bottom of the ocean!” But even that’s not a great analogy; it’d literally be easier to build and maintain at the bottom of the ocean than geosync orbit.
Not only are the disadvantages many, but what the fuck even is the advantage?
The fantasy seems to be the higher solar radiation flux, so the solar array can be smaller.
…And real estate costs/legal issues, I guess?
That’s technically true, but silly. It’s like saying “hey, we’d need less cooling area if we built the server farm at the bottom of the ocean!” But even that’s not a great analogy; it’d literally be easier to build and maintain at the bottom of the ocean than geosync orbit.