<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div></div><div>Putting supercomputer on moon is way beyond our budget and not likely to be one of our goals, but interesting idea nonetheless. A lot of work to do on infrastructure tech first, which could have many wider applications</div><div><br></div><div>Quote:</div><p style="margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">In fact, Chang isn’t the first person to propose putting a big data processing facility on the moon. Back in 2004, researchers at Space Systems Loral described something called the Lunar Data Cache — an extraterrestrial backup system that would keep businesses online in the event of a Sept. 11, 2001-type terrorist strike somewhere on Earth. The Loral proposal also described a few way-out moneymaking ideas such as lunar rover-deployed billboards, robotic rock-heaving contests, robot wresting, and rover races piloted by NASCAR drivers.</p><p style="margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Clearly, the business of dreaming up supercomputers in space is not for those who think small.</p><div><br><strong>Why We Need a Supercomputer on the Moon</strong><br><a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/10/supercomputer-moon/">http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/10/supercomputer-moon/</a><br><br>Sent via <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flipboard/id358801284?mt=8">Flipboard</a></div><div><br><br>Alex Cureton-Griffiths<br><div>+86-136-8186-0166</div><div>Twitter: alexcg / <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Skype: alexceegee</span></div></div></body></html>