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Heatsinks optimized for radiative cooling, which are kept in the shade by solar panels. Works much better when half or more of your surroundings aren't a planet
by hnuser123456 6y ago
Heatsinks optimized for radiative cooling, which are kept in the shade by solar panels. Works much better when half or more of your surroundings aren't a planet at human-scale temperatures, as is the case on earth's surface.
- TeMPOraL 6y agoIt'll be orders of magnitude cheaper to just make it waterproof and sink it in a lake.
- mhh__ 6y agoOr be the company flogging the rigs rather than paying for the flight (insert saying about shovels in a goldrush)
- wonnage 6y agospacecraft already have trouble venting waste heat without the burden of attempting to mine bitcoins
- trhway 6y agoonly because of very constrained weight budget (which is constrained by the high price of delivery into space) so you can't just throw in an AC with a radiator. The radiative power scales with the 4th of T, so it is pretty effective in space if you run the hot end of AC hot. I suppose there were a lot of arguments about usability and various constrains/impossibilities 30+ years ago when cell phones only appeared at $1+/minute and were available only at a very few places. Yet here we are. The cheap access to space will do the same for various tech-in-space (how about unlimited access to space with fineprinted "cap of 1000kg/month" :).