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lijokyesterday at 10:25 PM2 repliesview on HN

what do you mean they can’t get rid of heat? radiators exist


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ceejayozyesterday at 10:33 PM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External_Active_Thermal_Contro...

All that gets you 70kW of cooling. Radiating to vacuum isn't very efficient.

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joe_mambayesterday at 10:53 PM

Space radiators are not very efficient due to lack of airflow in space.

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