Originally posted by: oldman420
in the absense of an atmosphere how would you best cool a chip? does an object radiate heat in space? how do you get rid of the heat generated in no atmosphere?
Originally posted by: uart
Radiation power increases with the fourth power of temperature, so it might be worthwhile to use a heat exchanger (active cooling) between the cpu and the radiator (sink) so that you can operate with a HS temperature somewhat greater than the CPU temperature.
Originally posted by: oldman420
if you had a large surfac area and part of it was in the sun could that actualy create more heat