zlacker

Was doing some back of the envelope math with chatGPT so take it with a grain of salt, but it sounds like in ideal conditions a radiator of 1m square could dissipate 300w. If this is the case, then it seems like you could approach a viable solution if putting stuff in space was free. What i can't figure out is how the cost of launch makes sense and what the benefit over building it on the ground could be

>>woah+(OP)
What temperature were you assuming?

Because the amount of energy radiated varies with the temperature to the fourth power (P=εσT^4).

Assuming very good emissivity (ε=0.95) and ~75C (~350K) operating temperature I get 808 W/m2.

>>spikel+M8
They would most likely launch with TPUs designed for space and target lower temperatures, closer to 60C.

>>spikel+M8
I was adding some generous padding and rounding up. I assume they'd try to get it to operate as hot as possible