The US very much would like the public to believe space data centers are economical and viable so they can just throw the taxpayer money to their favorite techbros, aka owners.
replyChina will win purely because idiocracy
> The us did recently announce that is has technology that can manipulate space and time or something.
replyDo you have more on this?
Google "us announces it can manipulate space and time"
replyI think the implication was the US can insert itself anywhere at any time and no one can stop it.
replyThat was spoken as a metaphor and not a reference to actual tech. They have surveillance capabilities to review massive timelines of events and people movement (time), and capabilities to see through things or generate models of places (space).
replyThe point is, it sounds really powerful. Like some space age technology but I manipulate space and time by farting or eating a pizza.
replyI can manipulate space-time. Enter the on ramp to the highway and accelerate. I am now aging slightly slower than you are.
replyI can also manipulate gravity by charging my phone. Since E=mc^2 my phone weighs slightly more when charged.
I've got a time machine! It only goes forwards right now, reverse is currently broken, and it only goes at one second per second right now.
replyMine's under the seat.
reply(Futurama: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0Ns8EtR7RA)