## Prior Art (automated pre-screening)

- [orbital data centers are the most speculative near-term space application but the convergence of AI compute demand and falling launch costs attracts serious players](domains/space-development/orbital data centers are the most speculative near-term space application but the convergence of AI compute demand and falling launch costs attracts serious players.md) — similarity: 0.52 — matched query: "orbital AI data processing"
- [on-orbit processing of satellite data is the proven near-term use case for space compute because it avoids bandwidth and thermal bottlenecks simultaneously](domains/space-development/on-orbit processing of satellite data is the proven near-term use case for space compute because it avoids bandwidth and thermal bottlenecks simultaneously.md) — similarity: 0.52 — matched query: "orbital AI data processing"
- [orbital AI training is fundamentally incompatible with space communication links because distributed training requires hundreds of Tbps aggregate bandwidth while orbital links top out at single-digit Tbps](domains/space-development/orbital AI training is fundamentally incompatible with space communication links because distributed training requires hundreds of Tbps aggregate bandwidth while orbital links top out at single-digit Tbps.md) — similarity: 0.51 — matched query: "orbital AI data processing"
- [space-based computing at datacenter scale is blocked by thermal physics because radiative cooling in vacuum requires surface areas that grow faster than compute density](domains/space-development/space-based computing at datacenter scale is blocked by thermal physics because radiative cooling in vacuum requires surface areas that grow faster than compute density.md) — similarity: 0.51 — matched query: "orbital AI data processing"
- [distributed LEO inference networks could serve global AI requests at 4-20ms latency competitive with centralized terrestrial data centers for latency-tolerant workloads](domains/space-development/distributed LEO inference networks could serve global AI requests at 4-20ms latency competitive with centralized terrestrial data centers for latency-tolerant workloads.md) — similarity: 0.51 — matched query: "orbital AI data processing"
