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To: Steely Tom
It’s kind of hard to get rid of excess heat in a vacuum, Elon.

Somewhat harder but not a lot. Most heat loss occurs via (electromagnetic) radiation. Does not require a medium like air or water. Only 15% or so is via convection (requires a surrounding fluid).

23 posted on 02/13/2026 12:44:17 PM PST by libh8er
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To: libh8er

Listen, the heat-generating computing elements on the moon are going to be sealed/packaged and not directly exposed to the heat-sucking black of space.

There’s going to have to be some sort of recirculating fluid flow to get the heat out of the processor/component enclosure to where radiative cooling is available.


32 posted on 02/13/2026 1:27:48 PM PST by one guy in new jersey
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To: libh8er

Prior comment maybe incomplete: Conductive heat transfer from processors to space-exposed radiating metal plates seems like it may not scale. Hence maybe also using forced gas or liquid flow to meet cooling requirements.


35 posted on 02/13/2026 1:32:40 PM PST by one guy in new jersey
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