| ▲ | woah 5 hours ago | |
Was doing some back of the envelope math with chatGPT so take it with a grain of salt, but it sounds like in ideal conditions a radiator of 1m square could dissipate 300w. If this is the case, then it seems like you could approach a viable solution if putting stuff in space was free. What i can't figure out is how the cost of launch makes sense and what the benefit over building it on the ground could be | ||
| ▲ | spikels 4 hours ago | parent [-] | |
What temperature were you assuming? Because the amount of energy radiated varies with the temperature to the fourth power (P=εσT^4). Assuming very good emissivity (ε=0.95) and ~75C (~350K) operating temperature I get 808 W/m2. | ||