Cowboy Space Corporation unveils Big Iron, a rocket that becomes an orbital data center

The former Aetherflux, founded by Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt, wants its rocket's upper stage to stay in orbit as a megawatt-class compute node Most rockets treat their upper stage like a disposable coffee cup. It does its job, then it gets thrown away. Cowboy Space Corporation wants to keep the cup and turn it into a server farm. On Monday, the company unveiled Big Iron , a rocket whose upper stage is designed to remain in orbit and operate as a megawatt-class data center, according to the company. The pitch is simple to say and very hard to build. Instead of launching a rocket that drops off a separate satellite, Cowboy Space says the final stage of the rocket is the satellite.

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