Comment on Why Space Is Actually Warm!
TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks agoSpace is hot because the average kinetic energy of particles is very high. Space feels cold because there are very few particles in a vacuum. It’s like a tiny spark from machinery being very hot individually, but because the spark is so small, it doesn’t do much energy to your body.
Having said that , there is about a thousand watts per square metre of insolation coming in from the Sun on the exterior of the craft, just like there is here on the ground on Earth.
I guess the Apollo designers figured it was easier to insulate and heat the cabin than absorb heat and then try and cool it.
apprehensively_human@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Sorry, I think I understand the video but my question was only tangentially related