What do the experts think?
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2025 3:19 am
Blockchain is usually associated with cryptocurrencies, so Roscosmos could be thinking about its own virtual money, says Vladimir Gershenzon, CEO of Lorett (a developer of equipment for receiving data from Earth remote sensing satellites). "If we introduce a virtual unit of account - space, microcosm - maybe there is some kind of story in this," he says.
In space and on the ISS, blockchain bangladesh whatsapp resource can be used to provide additional verification of processes. "The safety of humans in space requires that there be no unverified stories, otherwise we periodically encounter some fantasies about why this or that system failed," Gershenzon explains. However, he adds, space is a subsidized sphere throughout the world, with the exception of individual projects in telecommunications and communications. "Therefore, the first question is whether state programs in this sphere should be commercial and to what extent. And blockchain is only an auxiliary tool for economic activity," he concludes.
As for the Lonestar project, at the current stage of technological development it is feasible, believes Pavel Dreyger, Vice President of Software Products and Solutions at Sitronics Group: “Another version of a similar idea is the creation of data storage in Earth orbit.”
Blockchain itself is a technology for verifying data through distributed recording with unique keys, Dreiger reminds. The chain of blocks stores the history of any changes made, transactions and actions taken, which allows you to get the entire history and retrospective data at any time. From a security point of view, blockchain has its own system of private keys, which allows you to protect data from changes and minimize the risk of their compromise.
"The blockchain itself can protect the data stored in it, provided it is built correctly: the key has sufficient computational complexity and there are enough storage nodes (from the Latin nodus - "node", any computer connected to the blockchain. - Forbes)," Pavel Dreyger reasons. But the Moon as a place for the construction of future data centers, according to him, can have another undeniable advantage, especially in the polar zones: access to solar energy to power computing power and a virtually unlimited opportunity to discharge heat from the operation of servers.
Blockchain allows, at relatively low costs, to ensure the protection of big data from unauthorized modification, the evidence and integrity of data, and verification of their compliance with sources, lists Nikolai Kazantsev, chief specialist of the Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences and candidate of geographical sciences. In his opinion, given the cost of such projects, the need for their interaction with data centers located on Earth, the importance of protecting such data, the use of blockchain in the project "seems logical."
"The project is being implemented together with NASA, which indicates the seriousness of intentions and the basic development of the topic. It is too early to talk about the feasibility of plans to create and use data centers on the Moon. At the same time, this direction is promising, if we take into account the risks of major disasters on Earth and the creation of data centers protected from them and even work out options for the relocation of representatives of humanity into space. Survival is serious, with such a threat, people are working out all sorts of promising options that previously seemed incredible. To do this, it is necessary to ensure the transfer of information, its protection and use for the survival of humanity in space. With this prospect in mind, it is planned to test space data centers as part of supporting missions to the Moon," says Kazantsev.
Countries actively involved in space exploration, in particular the Moon, are also raising the issue of creating data centers in space to support the missions, the scientist continues. "Such decisions are due, among other things, to the need to solve problems related to signal delays from Earthly data centers. In the Artemis project (NASA's space program to land astronauts on the Moon. — Forbes), in addition to entrepreneurs from the United States, European firms are also participating. China, which is planning its missions to the Moon, is developing its own programs to support the missions due to restrictions on cooperation with the United States in space exploration, including the creation of data centers. As other countries become more involved in space exploration, the Moon — India, Israel, South Korea — the use of space data centers has prospects for further development," Nikolai Kazantsev believes.
In the data storage industry, in particular backup copies, the most important thing is to minimize risks, says Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics named after K. E. Tsiolkovsky, PhD in Engineering Andrey Ionin. "On the Moon, where there is no infrastructure now and will not be on the horizon for many decades, these risks will be maximum. On Earth, you can find many more points where these risks would be minimal. Therefore, in my opinion, there is no market case here," Ionin reasons. In addition, blockchain cannot be fully relied on in terms of security, he points out.
At the same time, he doubts that it is realistic to create a venture project like the NASA-Lonestar collaboration in Russia. "Our innovation machine is built completely differently. In America, it works on an excess of money, while here, it works on a shortage. That is why such stories cannot happen here at all. The history of space startups in Russia does not work at all," Ionin concludes.
In space and on the ISS, blockchain bangladesh whatsapp resource can be used to provide additional verification of processes. "The safety of humans in space requires that there be no unverified stories, otherwise we periodically encounter some fantasies about why this or that system failed," Gershenzon explains. However, he adds, space is a subsidized sphere throughout the world, with the exception of individual projects in telecommunications and communications. "Therefore, the first question is whether state programs in this sphere should be commercial and to what extent. And blockchain is only an auxiliary tool for economic activity," he concludes.
As for the Lonestar project, at the current stage of technological development it is feasible, believes Pavel Dreyger, Vice President of Software Products and Solutions at Sitronics Group: “Another version of a similar idea is the creation of data storage in Earth orbit.”
Blockchain itself is a technology for verifying data through distributed recording with unique keys, Dreiger reminds. The chain of blocks stores the history of any changes made, transactions and actions taken, which allows you to get the entire history and retrospective data at any time. From a security point of view, blockchain has its own system of private keys, which allows you to protect data from changes and minimize the risk of their compromise.
"The blockchain itself can protect the data stored in it, provided it is built correctly: the key has sufficient computational complexity and there are enough storage nodes (from the Latin nodus - "node", any computer connected to the blockchain. - Forbes)," Pavel Dreyger reasons. But the Moon as a place for the construction of future data centers, according to him, can have another undeniable advantage, especially in the polar zones: access to solar energy to power computing power and a virtually unlimited opportunity to discharge heat from the operation of servers.
Blockchain allows, at relatively low costs, to ensure the protection of big data from unauthorized modification, the evidence and integrity of data, and verification of their compliance with sources, lists Nikolai Kazantsev, chief specialist of the Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences and candidate of geographical sciences. In his opinion, given the cost of such projects, the need for their interaction with data centers located on Earth, the importance of protecting such data, the use of blockchain in the project "seems logical."
"The project is being implemented together with NASA, which indicates the seriousness of intentions and the basic development of the topic. It is too early to talk about the feasibility of plans to create and use data centers on the Moon. At the same time, this direction is promising, if we take into account the risks of major disasters on Earth and the creation of data centers protected from them and even work out options for the relocation of representatives of humanity into space. Survival is serious, with such a threat, people are working out all sorts of promising options that previously seemed incredible. To do this, it is necessary to ensure the transfer of information, its protection and use for the survival of humanity in space. With this prospect in mind, it is planned to test space data centers as part of supporting missions to the Moon," says Kazantsev.
Countries actively involved in space exploration, in particular the Moon, are also raising the issue of creating data centers in space to support the missions, the scientist continues. "Such decisions are due, among other things, to the need to solve problems related to signal delays from Earthly data centers. In the Artemis project (NASA's space program to land astronauts on the Moon. — Forbes), in addition to entrepreneurs from the United States, European firms are also participating. China, which is planning its missions to the Moon, is developing its own programs to support the missions due to restrictions on cooperation with the United States in space exploration, including the creation of data centers. As other countries become more involved in space exploration, the Moon — India, Israel, South Korea — the use of space data centers has prospects for further development," Nikolai Kazantsev believes.
In the data storage industry, in particular backup copies, the most important thing is to minimize risks, says Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Cosmonautics named after K. E. Tsiolkovsky, PhD in Engineering Andrey Ionin. "On the Moon, where there is no infrastructure now and will not be on the horizon for many decades, these risks will be maximum. On Earth, you can find many more points where these risks would be minimal. Therefore, in my opinion, there is no market case here," Ionin reasons. In addition, blockchain cannot be fully relied on in terms of security, he points out.
At the same time, he doubts that it is realistic to create a venture project like the NASA-Lonestar collaboration in Russia. "Our innovation machine is built completely differently. In America, it works on an excess of money, while here, it works on a shortage. That is why such stories cannot happen here at all. The history of space startups in Russia does not work at all," Ionin concludes.