← Back to context Comment by nickburns 1 month ago You know 'space' is a vacuum, right? 13 comments nickburns Reply roer 1 month ago I don't see how that would lessen their concerns? Exactly because space is a vacuum, cooling is harder since you can't do convection.The math still checks out though. Scott Manley did a video on it, and the top comment has some corrections: https://youtu.be/FlQYU3m1e80 nickburns 1 month ago [flagged] tomhow 1 month ago Please don't post snarky dismissals on HN. The guidelines make it clear we're trying for something better here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html roer 1 month ago Scott Manley is a much more respected source than I am 1 reply → dzhiurgis 1 month ago 30% of terrestrial datacenter power use is cooling. Space cooling is easier! dgellow 1 month ago What makes cooling easier in space? Isn’t it harder due to the lack of atmosphere? 6 replies →
roer 1 month ago I don't see how that would lessen their concerns? Exactly because space is a vacuum, cooling is harder since you can't do convection.The math still checks out though. Scott Manley did a video on it, and the top comment has some corrections: https://youtu.be/FlQYU3m1e80 nickburns 1 month ago [flagged] tomhow 1 month ago Please don't post snarky dismissals on HN. The guidelines make it clear we're trying for something better here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html roer 1 month ago Scott Manley is a much more respected source than I am 1 reply → dzhiurgis 1 month ago 30% of terrestrial datacenter power use is cooling. Space cooling is easier! dgellow 1 month ago What makes cooling easier in space? Isn’t it harder due to the lack of atmosphere? 6 replies →
nickburns 1 month ago [flagged] tomhow 1 month ago Please don't post snarky dismissals on HN. The guidelines make it clear we're trying for something better here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html roer 1 month ago Scott Manley is a much more respected source than I am 1 reply →
tomhow 1 month ago Please don't post snarky dismissals on HN. The guidelines make it clear we're trying for something better here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
dzhiurgis 1 month ago 30% of terrestrial datacenter power use is cooling. Space cooling is easier! dgellow 1 month ago What makes cooling easier in space? Isn’t it harder due to the lack of atmosphere? 6 replies →
dgellow 1 month ago What makes cooling easier in space? Isn’t it harder due to the lack of atmosphere? 6 replies →
I don't see how that would lessen their concerns? Exactly because space is a vacuum, cooling is harder since you can't do convection.
The math still checks out though. Scott Manley did a video on it, and the top comment has some corrections: https://youtu.be/FlQYU3m1e80
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Please don't post snarky dismissals on HN. The guidelines make it clear we're trying for something better here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Scott Manley is a much more respected source than I am
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30% of terrestrial datacenter power use is cooling. Space cooling is easier!
What makes cooling easier in space? Isn’t it harder due to the lack of atmosphere?
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