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DougN7 15 hours ago

Why is there no cooling necessary?

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sheepscreek 15 hours ago | parent [-]

Space is cold - 4 K. Superconductors.

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grim_io 14 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Repeating the word "superconductor" does not convince anyone of anything.

	▲	sheepscreek 14 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I don’t care about convincing anyone. A question was asked and I answered the best I could with the time I had at hand. Also read by comment above that discusses WHY superconductors could be the key to cooler electronics in space.
	▲	roman_soldier 14 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
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SideburnsOfDoom 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Space is not cold. Space is not hot either. Temperature is a property of matter. Empty space does not have a temperature. It is also a perfect insulator for conduction and convection, and as for radiation: it's a problem because of the sun heating up objects via its radiation.

This is the basics, I'm not an expert. But I don't think that you have anything useful at all to say here.