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		aunty_helen 25 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Data centers in space makes no sense Engine bays have a lot of design go into where to keep heat and where to get rid of it. You can look up thermal coatings and ceramics etc.

vel0city 25 days ago [–]

Sure and it all routes to dump the heat to...where again? A vacuum? Or to a radiator with a fan with some kind of cooler fluid/gas from the environment constantly flowing through it?

Seems like quite a massive difference to ignore.

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