The American Lonestar Data Holdings conducted the final phase of tests of future data center technologies using the Odysseus lunar lander, which relatively successfully reached the Moon. Datacenter Dynamics recalls that the experiment was carried out as part of the IM-1 mission of Intuitive Machines.
Lonestar transmitted the texts of the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution from Earth to the Moon, as well as the text of the Bill of Rights and some data for the state of Florida. The declaration was sent to Odysseus several times – first during the flight to the Moon, then when entering lunar orbit. These tests were aimed at checking the reliability of data transmission and storage.
The next mission, also with the participation of Intuitive Machines, involves placing a small data center on the Moon. We are talking about the IM-2 project, which will receive a special SSD module with a capacity of 8 TB and the only FPGA Microchip PolaFire SoC. This complex will be Lonestar's first lunar data center, albeit a very simple one. The company intends to test how such a storage system will behave in extreme conditions on the surface of the Earth’s satellite.
However, the implementation of IM-2 is still a long way off, especially given the technical problems that led to the not entirely successful implementation of the IM-1 mission, for which Lonestar raised considerable funds. Although the problems were partially resolved during the first stage of landing, it later turned out that the lander had capsized, but was able to transmit some data, including those related to the Lonestar mission. The company reported “unsurpassed commercial success” and even the opening of a new era of lunar projects.
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