Thermal energy is primarily dissipated as infrared light which moves at the speed of light. There is no way for space to accumulate heat. If that were the case the entire solar system would be unlivable. The IR emitted by satellites is truly negligible in comparison to the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the sun.
The area of radiator needed directly corresponds to the amount of power harvested by the solar panels. It doesn’t matter what the load is. So a compute frame with the same amount of solar panels as the space station would need approximately the same radiatot area as the ISS, unless you are bringing nuclear power into the mix.
I agree that space based datacenters are a bad idea, but the thermals really are not the gotcha people are making them out to be.
Radiators in space work by radiating electromagnetic energy(light). Heat can only accumulate in matter, not in space, so that is definitely not one of the things we need to worry about.
With radiators just like with every existing satellite system.
https://youtu.be/DCto6UkBJoI&t=12m57s
Very large scale datacenters would likely have some nasty fluid handling problems to solve.
I’ll just note that I am not a fan of putting internet infrastructure in space. I think polluting the upper atmosphere with a bunch of metals every time a satellite deorbits will certainly have negative consequences. So IMO space should be limited to things we can’t do with earthbound infrastructure.
What do you have against owls?
Fix? No.
Focusing on ways to reduce neck and jaw tension has helped reduce the severity and hence disruptive force of mine though. Using a mouth guard at night helps my jaw tension and switching to a buckwheat pillow and posture improvements has helped my neck tension. Neck tension also frequently accumulates if I sit hunched forward and let my shoulders pull forward. Laying on my back on yoga mat with a small towel rolled up into a cylinder and lined up with my spine can help correct some of that. I will also sometimes run a pair of rubber lacrosse/massage balls up and down either side of my spine. I set them in place under me and scoot up down to roll them along my spine using my own weight to exert pressure. It hurts like crazy but releases tension more reliably than any stretch ever can.
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