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If anything it’s a lot harder to cool things in space because you are limited to radiating it. The ISS has massive radiators almost as large as the station its
by jamiek88 3y ago
If anything it’s a lot harder to cool things in space because you are limited to radiating it.
The ISS has massive radiators almost as large as the station itself at 1800 square ft of radiator panels.
- ajcp 3y agoThat makes sense. I don't know why I just assumed the vacuum of space would provide a perfect and passive cooling environment, but of course that's not the case.
- r2_pilot 3y agoThere are a lot of examples in movies and the zeitgeist, even where other harder Sci fi Is obeyed, so it's hardly surprising if you'd never stopped to think about it. Welcome to the 10,000.
- Kim_Bruning 3y agoQua intuition: Think vacuum flask aka thermos flask. (though these also try to reduce radiative cooling with a mirror-finish) Convective cooling is a very efficient form of cooling, but obviously doesn't exist in a vacuum. Typically people resort to radiative cooling in space. This requires larger radiators.