A ship in international waters with satellite internet connection would be much cheaper, except it runs into the same problems as described by the sibling comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48469397
A ship in international waters with satellite internet connection would be much cheaper, except it runs into the same problems as described by the sibling comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48469397
You don't get 1,361 W/m² of continuous free energy when you're Earth bound and all those pesky water molecules.
> free energy
It is free only if you ignore the cost of getting the thing into the orbit in the first place.
Edit: also, AFAIK, normal microchips (without special radiation hardening) don't last that long in space
Also, pirates