alt Hacker NewsAny idea how they're handling the space data center heat problems? Energy harvesting in space is easy, while getting rid of heat is quite hard.
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maxboone • last Saturday at 10:40 PM
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Any idea how they're handling the space data center heat problems? Energy harvesting in space is easy, while getting rid of heat is quite hard.
Scott Manley had a really good video on it that more or less confirmed my "bar napkin approximations" when people first started talking about this stuff. I think it's this one?
https://youtu.be/DCto6UkBJoI?si=opcoaBEqKmw4LCrF
Anyway, I think sun synchronous orbit (basically slightly off from polar) and pointing the solar panels toward the sun and the radiator away... It's not as far fetched as people would have you believe.