orbital
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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has expressed a desire to put data centers in space, and the Bernstein team thinks “there are no fundamental physics or engineering barriers preventing orbital data centers.”
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 14, 2026
"If successful, this will mark the first full recovery of an orbital launch system and a breakthrough moment in making Starship a reliable, rapidly reusable rocket," SpaceX said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
“Data centers in space looking pretty appealing right now,” Musk wrote in a post on X, referring to his plan to eventually operate orbital satellites that can function as data centers.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
Without outside assistance, it cannot reverse this gradual orbital decline.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
Soon after John Mayer put on the Space Task Group jersey, Carl Huss and Ted Skopinski followed suit, making Katherine the natural inheritor of the research report that would describe Project Mercury’s orbital flight.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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