The $15,000 Cable: Why AI Giants Are Moving Infrastructure To Orbit

Описание: Your internet is slow because of gravity. It sounds like science fiction, but every fiber optic cable on Earth has a fatal flaw built into its atomic structure the moment it's made. In 2024, NASA and companies like Varda Space and Redwire finally solved a 30-year-old physics problem by moving manufacturing 250 miles above our heads.

In this video, we explore the incredible story of ZBLAN—a glass that is 100 times more efficient than current fiber optics, but impossible to manufacture on Earth. We dive into the physics of microgravity, the logistics of orbital factories, and why the world’s most powerful AI companies and financial firms are willing to pay $15,000 for just 10 centimeters of this "space glass."

In this deep dive, we cover:
The ZBLAN Mystery: Why gravity makes Earth-made glass opaque and useless.
Orbital Factories: How Redwire and Made In Space proved the technology on the ISS.
The Varda Breakthrough: How automated return capsules solved the $3 million-per-kilogram shipping problem.
The Economics of Speed: Why AI datacenters and Wall Street traders are desperate for zero-latency cables.
The Future of Infrastructure: Scaling space manufacturing from meters to kilometers by 2028.

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