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Originally Posted by Jason Thompson
Not at all. You fail to realise that the electronics weren't all in the vacuum of open space, but were inside the cabin.
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True, SOME of them were inside the crew cabin. That doesnt change the fact the heat they produced had to be shed in the space enviroment.
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Originally Posted by Jason Thompson
Electronic components generate a lot of heat, and that heat would have warmed the cabin of the spacecraft. Switch off the electronics and that heat source disappears. That really is elementary physics.
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Yes it is, and later I promise you will see why what you just said re enforces my arguement. First of all, a spacecraft heats up when in our vicinity of the solar system from the Sun alone. What temperature is the solar observation satelite running at?
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Originally Posted by Jason Thompson
But the real question seems to be why an unpowered spacecraft in sunlight gets cold and not hot, in which case most of the discussion about heating and cooling in a powered up spacecraft seems a little beside the point.
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It wouldnt get cold, thats the whole point.
Even if the energy input from the Sun were minimal in space and NOT greater than on the surface of this planet (which it is, by the way), with all the heat being produced by the electronics and hardware as well as the Astronauts themselves, radiative forcing cannot possibly explain how livable temperature was maintained. It is that simple. Your link is either busted or bogus, I'm not sure which. I seriously doubt it's on my end, I can download PDF's from other sources with no problem, I tryed it to make sure.