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Re:AWS Ground Station – Ingest and Process Data from Orbitin... by sek on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @05:15PM (#18547362)
In simple terms space it not chilly but vacuum, so the heat can't go anywhere.
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Re:AWS Ground Station – Ingest and Process Data from Orbitin... by MichaelApproved on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @06:57PM (#18548041)
It's not that heat can't go anywhere, it's that there's nothing to carry heat away.

On Earth, air molecules can carry heat away from you. You transfer heat to the air around you. In space, there is almost no matter around you to absorb the heat and carry it away from you.

Your only option is to radiate heat away from you in the form of infrared light but that is a slow process.

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Re:AWS Ground Station – Ingest and Process Data from Orbitin... by Ensorceled on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @06:55AM (#18550836)
> It's not that heat can't go anywhere, it's that there's nothing to carry heat away

So ... the heat stays put and doesn’t go anywhere?

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Re:AWS Ground Station – Ingest and Process Data from Orbitin... by CamTin on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @08:15AM (#18551161)
It doesn't go anywhere except by radiation, which sucks as a way to cool things compared to conduction.
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