Launches are not $74M. That's retail pricing.
replySpaceX's launch cost, the internal spend to put one Falcon 9 Starlink payload in orbit, with a return to launch site booster recovery, is about $15M.
If you're going to make such assertions, do the legwork to make sure your numerical claims aren't off by 500%.
I don't really get the obsolete argument.
replyThe thing has two main parts. One, a bunch of solar panels, shielding and radiators. This the heavy / expensive to launch part, but should last for what, decades? Two, a bunch of GPUs. These become obsolete, but so what? They're not that heavy, so every few years you send up another rocket and swap them out.
SpaceX would be launching these on Starship, which has a much lower targeted launch cost.
replyFor reasons already outlined, I have doubts about their math. Targeting $250/kg payload costs is ambitious for a rocket that has not yet successfully reached orbit or proven cost-effective.
replyEven if we do somehow succeed at affordably dumping tons of GPUs into orbit, what do we do about the Kessler Syndrome?