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And yet the lunar lander and the astronauts on the moon did just fine. Did the lunar lander and the body suits have heaters?
by brushinator 3y ago
And yet the lunar lander and the astronauts on the moon did just fine. Did the lunar lander and the body suits have heaters?
- jackmott42 3y agoThey didn't last 14 days or try to survive the lunar night, and we spent a rather large % of our GDP on the project, while India's landing was an order of magnitude cheaper than any previous moon lander.
- kjkjadksj 3y agoThey did, but they also left before the lunar night.
- evgen 3y agoThe humans inside the suits and lander also provided some useful heat. For most spacecraft, once you put humans into them the problem changes from conserving heat to getting rid of it.
- brushinator 3y agoOk so at 120 degrees C got it
- NamTaf 3y agoKinda crazy what effect different albedos have, isn’t it? :)
- seabass-labrax 3y agoIf you haven't already, I would highly recommend watching 'Apollo 13'[1]. On a technical basis it is really accurate to the real-life events. The astronauts having to shut down the lunar lander's (LEM) heating system comes into the story about half way through. It's one of my all-time favourite films! [1]: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112384/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112384/
- to11mtm 3y agoOr, if you want to be a purist, there's this. [0](thank you whoever submitted this to HN a while back!) [0] - https://apolloinrealtime.org/13/ https://apolloinrealtime.org/13/
- seabass-labrax 3y agoWow, that's amazing. I'm know what I'm going to be doing on Sunday!