so elon musk told xai employees that the company needs to build a satellite factory on the moon, then launch those satellites into orbit using a giant electromagnetic catapult. he called the end goal a "sentient sun" of orbital ai data centers

(this is the man who last year said "the moon is a distraction.")

so that's a lot. a whole lot

lets just talk about as a fun little thought experiment what would be involved in a factory on the moon