eicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoAfter Texas’ blue wave, what happens to Elon Musk and SpaceX? “Data centers in space looking pretty appealing right now.”arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square81linkfedilinkarrow-up1267arrow-down114
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minus-squareUriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·6 days agoVacuum does not vent heat. This has been a PSA.
minus-squareFordBeeblebrox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoStill kinda blows my mind that a ship could accelerate to 1c and still not be able to use cooling fins, aircraft on earth use it as part of the design process
minus-squarevinyl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agono worries about the temperature if the ship collides with a spec of spacedust :)
minus-squareHiTekRedNek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoNo but hot things will just radiate it away, regardless of vacuum.
minus-squareUriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 days agoApparently there are a lot of concerns, of which, one is venting heat. Also the change of heat as a satellite dips in and out of sunlight. I didn’t think about radiation, which I should have since it’s a not-small problem for human astronauts. Heavy CMEs are going to be the AI equivalent of Purple Haze LSD.
Vacuum does not vent heat.
This has been a PSA.
Still kinda blows my mind that a ship could accelerate to 1c and still not be able to use cooling fins, aircraft on earth use it as part of the design process
no worries about the temperature if the ship collides with a spec of spacedust :)
No but hot things will just radiate it away, regardless of vacuum.
Apparently there are a lot of concerns, of which, one is venting heat. Also the change of heat as a satellite dips in and out of sunlight.
I didn’t think about radiation, which I should have since it’s a not-small problem for human astronauts.
Heavy CMEs are going to be the AI equivalent of Purple Haze LSD.