They plan on building a supercomputer on the moon.

[grondilu]

Wired: Why We Need a Supercomputer on the Moon

« It would be a mammoth technical undertaking, but a University of Southern California graduate student thinks there’s a very good reason for doing this: It would help alleviate a coming deep-space network traffic jam that’s had NASA scientists worried for several years now. »

Unless the secret goal would be to mine bitcoins for government?  (  just kidding, of course)

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[swissmate]

No shit, but I once really thought on the possibility of sending an ASIC or some sort of mining hardware to space with a nice wifi antenna and a solar charger.

Just launch a rocket and set the mining rig in a stationary orbit.

No dust, no heat( I'll paint the rig in white) and no electricity problems.

[grondilu]

I'm not sure but I think space is a terrible environment for electronics.  There are radiations, cooling issues (it's cold but there is no air to convect heat), and it's pretty damn difficult to bring a human if there is a need for a repair or change of component.