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[–] 14 points 3 weeks ago

free cooling courtesy of the icy death vacuum of space

Cooling in space is actually really hard. The only way to get rid of heat out there is to radiate it away as black body radiation, which is a really really slow process. It’s like wrapping your computer in a really really thick blanket.

The solar power is the only thing space has going for it.

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