Chapter 13’s claim that a gigawatt in orbit costs more than the same gigawatt on the ground, because every kilogram of radiator, panel and shielding is launched. Chapter 13.
From The AI Compute Race. Read the book
The book uses this term in a sense of its own.
Where the book uses it
- Chapter 13 — A Change of Landlord
The two proposed escapes from the constraints, the Gulf and orbit, and which constraints each actually removes.
Where the record uses it
Related terms
From the glossary of The AI Compute Race.
How to cite this page
Dryburgh, Lee S. “Mass is money.” In The AI Compute Race. DRYBURGH. https://dryburgh.com/vol1/glossary/mass-is-money (accessed 2026-11-01).
BibTeX
@misc{dryburgh-mass-is-money-2026,
author = {Dryburgh, Lee S.},
title = {{Mass is money}},
howpublished = {In \emph{The AI Compute Race}, DRYBURGH},
year = {2026},
url = {https://dryburgh.com/vol1/glossary/mass-is-money},
note = {Accessed 2026-11-01}
}