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Originally Posted by Interdimensional Warrior
Now my one question has branched out into two more.
One of you claims a sublimator was used to cool the vehicle and another claims A13 was cold because the 'heater' was turned off.
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The heat sources on the CSM included body heat and the electronics, with the latter providing most of the heat. On A13, most of the the electronics were shut off, removing the primary source of cabin heat. The CSM was covered in a mirrored insulation that was designed to reflect solar heat with layers of thermal insulation underneath that. The remaining A13 CSM heat sources simply did not produce sufficient heat to replace the heat lost to to space by radiance. So the capsule interior cooled.