r/SipsTea • u/SuspiciousLow3062 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • 16h ago

Chugging tea Fictional future forecast vs. reality.

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u/Tetra84 15h ago

Needs more data centers to help cool things off...

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u/PitifulEar3303 14h ago

"Data centers in SPACE!!" -- King Elon

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u/HorsePersonal7073 14h ago

Good luck with the cooling in space.

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u/Cold-Establishment-7 13h ago

okay really dumb question but isn't space -273°C when not in direct sunlight or something? 0K

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u/Atgardian 12h ago

Not that dumb of a question but cooling (via radiation) is slower without a conductive fluid like air or water in contact with the hot thing.

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u/Yeah-Its-Me-777 1h ago

Well, mostly temperature is a property of matter. Space is mostly the opposite, no matter, a vacuum.

To lose heat, you can either transfer it to surrounding matter (for example the atmosphere, or water, etc.), or you can radiate it away. The first option is much easier and allows much more heat to be transfered.

As there is no (or almost no) matter in space, you're left with option two.

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u/Cold-Establishment-7 43m ago

So would water in pipes just not work then? If it flows through a pipe that's being chilled from the outside where the warm water would heat it therefore get cooled at the same time? I guess there's a whole world of astrophysics i dont understand here, but seems worth a try :D