I am just honestly confused. There seem to be no logical reason for it, except that it would raise the stock value of rocket producers like SpaceX and Blue Origin.

  • TallonMetroid@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I believe Apartheid Pedo cited space being cold as a reason (ie don’t have to worry about cooling the servers), except as usual he’s a fuckwit with no idea what he’s talking about. Space is empty, which means there’s nothing to carry heat away, so the only way to lose heat is via radiation. And that takes forever.

    • chickenf622@sh.itjust.works
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      2 months ago

      Yeah I think space stations have to literally worry about not radiating enough heat away. If there is no medium to transfer the heat into the heat can’t really go away. One of the many unintuitive features of space

      • towerful@programming.dev
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        2 months ago

        To the point that they occasionally have to use the solar panels to shade the radiators.
        Thermals in space are difficult