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> When it is -60C you don't need to spend much energy dissipating heat. It likes to dissipate itself. In a vacuum or near vacuum, that is just not correct.
by SideburnsOfDoom 6y ago
> When it is -60C you don't need to spend much energy dissipating heat. It likes to dissipate itself.
In a vacuum or near vacuum, that is just not correct.
- chrisco255 6y agoYes, even in a vacuum. The side of the ISS that faces away from the sun reaches -157C (while the side facing the sun reaches +120C. Heat is infrared light energy...it's not sound. https://letstalkscience.ca/educational-resources/backgrounders/temperature-on-earth-and-on-iss https://letstalkscience.ca/educational-resources/backgrounde...