• billwashere@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    Isn’t it incredibly difficult to shed heat in space since the only real way to move heat is radiation?

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      14 days ago

      There are some various ways. Radiators can be large and thin, and as long as the heat-sensitive part of the thing is kept cool it doesn’t really matter how hot the rest of it gets.