• burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 day ago

      Yup, they can only dump heat through infrared radiation. The giant white fins on the ISS are radiators for waste heat.

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        11 hours ago

        I think there is another way to dump wase heat. Use it to warm up something that has a lot of heat capacity, and then eject that. Not practical and a huge waste (I also got this from science fiction), so you know they are going to try it. Gonna suck for us groundies.

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