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Originally Posted by Moose
I would submit that an accurate answer using basic physics, using no specifics or details of Apollo, is as simple as "thermodynamics" or the (slightly) less accurate "radiation".
Why do you need Jay for this? Wouldn't a basic physics textbook do just as well?
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Your right when you claim all that is required is an elementary knowledge of thermodynamics. Doesn't Jay possess such knowledge? It is the basic physics that cannot be argued against that will prove or disprove my contention that the spacecraft would be unable to shed heat in the vacuum of space through the conversion of heat energy buildup from Solar radiation and internal heat sources into thermal radiation which the spacecraft can shed in space.
I have used a car parked in the Sun as an example in the past. Two things though, the car is under the protection of the atmosphere and the magnetosphere, and air molecules are moving over it to cool it.