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		coolspot 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SpaceX's giant Starship Mars rocket nails critical... Common folk assume that the space is super-cold, so it must be good for hot servers.

GMoromisato 5 months ago | [–]

I don't know about common folk, but I've heard about radiators, which can be as large as you want if you can get mass to orbit cheaply.

m4rtink 5 months ago | | [–]

Sure, but also much less efficient per unit of mass than regular cooling using the atmosphere or hydrosphere here on Earth.

Iwan-Zotow 5 months ago | [–]

Well. 2.7K is cold

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