Episode 45 - We Are All Made of Starmusk
Normal Astrophysicist Mike Boylan-Kolchin (@mbkplus.bsky.social) joins us to talk about the terrible secret of space and the Lone Star State. Also: black olives on tacos, Love Da Seahawks, and Jeff Bezos has some explaining to do.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro and Gooning Culture
2:40 Elon's Space Data Centers
5:00 Astronomy & Compute
13:00 Challenges of Space Data Centers
20:00 Economics of Orbital Compute
38:00 Taco Discourse & Burrito Bonds
54:00 Texas Democratic Primary
1:10:00 Republican Primary & Senate Control
1:24:00 Universe's End & Super Bowl
1:31:00 Outro and Final Thoughts
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