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Painting was already tried and doesn't work. > But the black paint made the satellite thermally ‘hot’, harming its internet operations, said Patricia Cooper, S
by lifthrasiir 6y ago
Painting was already tried and doesn't work.
> But the black paint made the satellite thermally ‘hot’, harming its internet operations, said Patricia Cooper, SpaceX’s vice-president of satellite government affairs, at a recent webinar.
- dharma1 6y agomaybe something like this? https://www.newscientist.com/article/2241717-infrared-reflecting-paint-can-cool-buildings-even-when-it-is-black/ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2241717-infrared-reflec... Would still be bad for astronomy but at least the impact for naked eye would be less.