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kadoban • yesterday at 10:43 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

They use passive cooling _because it's in a goddamn vacuum_. Passive cooling is basically your only option.


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red75prime • yesterday at 10:56 PM

_Radiative cooling_ is the only option because it's in vacuum. But you can transfer heat to the radiator either passively (using thermal conductivity), or actively (using coolant). The second option allows to effectively use larger radiators.

BTW, we seem to have Noisesphere instead of Noosphere.