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sheepscreekyesterday at 10:19 PM2 repliesview on HN

Superconductors. Average temperature in space is around 4 K.


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cyberaxyesterday at 10:33 PM

Even assuming that this la-la-land idea has merit, the equilibrium temperature at the Earth's orbit is 250 Kelvin (around -20C). The space around the Earth is _hot_.

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emkoemkoyesterday at 11:33 PM

you do know about the Sun? Earth? and the Moon? where would you get this 4 kelvin?