Henry Spencer wrote:
> Especially for a big manned spacecraft -- notoriously high on volume and
> thus heat-generating equipment and people, and low on surface area -- I
> think you're going to be driven to choose the outer layer purely on
> thermal issues. Using it for power is appealing, but the price is needing
> considerably bigger heat radiators to keep the people from cooking: an ET
> broadside-on to the Sun and covered in solar array will be absorbing over
> 500kW of sunlight, and 90% or so of that will be coming out as heat!
Rats. I was hoping to avoid the big flapping wings approach. 8-(
Michael
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