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To: SmokingJoe

It’s kind of hard to get rid of excess heat in a vacuum, Elon. But what do I know.


4 posted on 02/13/2026 12:05:42 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Steely Tom

The heat can be dissipated into the ground.


7 posted on 02/13/2026 12:09:14 PM PST by posterchild
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To: Steely Tom

“It’s kind of hard to get rid of excess heat in a vacuum, Elon. But what do I know.”

Without our atmosphere to insulate us from the vacuum of space. Earth’s surface would be frozen solid..


11 posted on 02/13/2026 12:13:09 PM PST by TexasGator (1:/)
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Temperatures stay below −200°C, keeping qubits stable without massive Earth-based cooling systems

17 posted on 02/13/2026 12:30:18 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: Steely Tom

Yes, no convective heat transfer. Only radiative and conductive.


18 posted on 02/13/2026 12:30:48 PM PST by one guy in new jersey
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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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“It’s kind of hard to get rid of excess heat in a vacuum, Elon. But what do I know.”

Not much about quantum cooling.

Quantum computing produces little heat compared to conventional computing.


24 posted on 02/13/2026 12:45:36 PM PST by TexasGator (1:/)
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To: Steely Tom

Well that sucks….


25 posted on 02/13/2026 12:57:41 PM PST by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show host to me.... Sting)
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To: Steely Tom

“It’s kind of hard to get rid of excess heat in a vacuum, Elon. But what do I know.”

Do you want to revisit this BS?


46 posted on 02/13/2026 2:59:15 PM PST by TexasGator (I11:/)
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To: Steely Tom

“ It’s kind of hard to get rid of excess heat in a vacuum, Elon. But what do I know.”
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Elon says heat can be radiated away through a vacuum. The sun warms the Earth by radiating heat through almost 93 million miles of vacuum. Just sayin’.


47 posted on 02/13/2026 3:00:37 PM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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No convective cooling like when you have an atmosphere. It is radiated directly to space in the infrared. Space station does this and so did Shuttle.


59 posted on 02/13/2026 4:56:01 PM PST by Locomotive Breath
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