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Yeah that threw me too when I thought the same thing I never thought about how difficult it would be to get rid of heat in space I figured just let it go out in
by dghughes 11y ago
Yeah that threw me too when I thought the same thing I never thought about how difficult it would be to get rid of heat in space I figured just let it go out into space not thinking there isn't anything to send the heat into; no medium.
NASA has a nice info page about it:
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2001/ast21mar_1/ http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2001/as...
- logfromblammo 11y agoBasically, there's no convection, so the only way to dump heat is by radiation. And since a radiator absorbs as well as it emits, you need to create a shade with reflective material and point a directional radiator in its shadow at the emptiest space you can see. So sure, superconductors could be really cold in space, but if their solar shade or thermal control system fails, they are suddenly really hot.