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Sam Altman’s sharp critique of Elon Musk’s space data center pitch is sparking a firestorm — and it’s revealing a bigger truth: orbital AI data centers aren’t ready for prime time. While Musk’s vision ties SpaceX’s valuation to space-based cloud computing, experts say it’s still decades away without radically cheaper, mass-producible rockets. Starship’s reusability is the key, but even with successful tests, full operational reusability remains years off — and SpaceX’s focus is on NASA contracts and Starlink. Until Starship can truly fly and land like a reusable workhorse, space data centers will stay a sci-fi dream, not a scalable reality.

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