Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoJeff Bezos envisions space-based data centers in 10 to 20 years — could allow for natural cooling and more effective solar powerwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up133arrow-down19
arrow-up124arrow-down1external-linkJeff Bezos envisions space-based data centers in 10 to 20 years — could allow for natural cooling and more effective solar powerwww.tomshardware.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.worldM to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square24linkfedilink
minus-squareSkyrmir@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·3 days agoNatural cooling, in a vacuum. Isn’t that kind of like natural wetting, through a rubber glove?
minus-squareFluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoYou’re correct, radiating away heat and space is a pain in the butt implies a large amount of mass if you’re on a spacing trip do you have a higher likelihood of cooking to death than freezing to death
minus-squareMaxxie@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·3 days ago Meanwhile, temperatures in space vary from -120 degrees celsius in direct sunlight to -270 C in the shadow, which greatly simplifies cooling. dude you don’t get it space is cold
minus-squareBrkdncr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·3 days agoHeat doesn’t transfer in a vacuum like it does in air.
minus-squareMaxxie@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agomy bad, should’ve added /s
Natural cooling, in a vacuum. Isn’t that kind of like natural wetting, through a rubber glove?
You’re correct, radiating away heat and space is a pain in the butt implies a large amount of mass if you’re on a spacing trip do you have a higher likelihood of cooking to death than freezing to death
dude you don’t get it space is cold
Heat doesn’t transfer in a vacuum like it does in air.
my bad, should’ve added /s