The 200 degree tempreture I mentioned was based on tempreture mesurements made of moon rocks, which have a high degree of refletivity, in direct sunlight. Certainly the combination of heat gain to heat loss could have resulted in a tempreture coincidentaly in the narrow range between condensation and freezing. The command capsule was covered in silvery material to reflect sunlight. Why? To reduce heating. The landing stage of the lander was covered with gold mylar laminate to reflect sunlight heat and landing rocket heat. Why? To reduce heating. The assent stage of the lander where the astronauts spent most of their time during 13 was not silvered to reflectivity. I find it remarkable that the combination of reflectivity, radiation and heat absorbtion and retension resulted in an average tempreture that resembles immersion in cold water. So I remarked on it. Were it me up there freezing my ears off, I would have spent plenty of time in the window with the sun shinning in to warm them up and to heck with rotating the craft at 1 RPM to maintain even heating which was by all accounts too durned cold to begin with. I know I wouldn't have complained that the light was irritating as the astronauts did. Although sodium arc light is very irritating and not very warming. Review every documentary you see about 13 from the perspective of the tempreture and you will spot an ever increasing number of peculiarities. For example the lithium hydroxide co2 scrubber problem with co2 as a measure of metabolic heat produced by the crew.

As to the tempreture here in New Orleans. It's not the heat it's the humidity. But on the topic of the air here. Even a mile and a half downwind from Bourbon Street on a Saturday night the air could be described as downright flamable.
Back to astronomy. Did you know that here in New Orleans on a clear night we can see many of the Space Shuttle's reentries? It is a spectacular sight. It streeks across the sky like a slow meteor from horizon to horizon in about 8 seconds. It's a fiercly glowing shooting star flickering as it passes through "chop" of varying density air with a glowing contrail 25 miles long. Five minutes later it's landing in Florida.

SAMU