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minus-squareSentient Loom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months ago He may not believe in thermodynamics How does thermodynamics make this a bad idea? Is it because the heat generated can’t escape?
minus-squareGork@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoYeah. The only way to cool things in space is to radiate it away with fins, or the more destructive approach of jettisoning material.
minus-squareSentient Loom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoHow do the fins help if there’s no hot material being jettisoned? Are we assuming there is some atmosphere that will absorb the heat through (I’m guessing) convection?
minus-squaresepi@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·4 months agoRadiation is the part you are missing. The three ways of dissipating heat are: conduction, convection, and radiation which is what the “fins” do.
How does thermodynamics make this a bad idea? Is it because the heat generated can’t escape?
Yeah. The only way to cool things in space is to radiate it away with fins, or the more destructive approach of jettisoning material.
How do the fins help if there’s no hot material being jettisoned? Are we assuming there is some atmosphere that will absorb the heat through (I’m guessing) convection?
Radiation is the part you are missing. The three ways of dissipating heat are: conduction, convection, and radiation which is what the “fins” do.