You don't get cold in space

SupaDevilJuice·4/24/2018, 9:18:48 AM·1 votes·1,127 views

Not very quickly that is.

There is only a few atoms of hydrogen here and there in space thus convection and conduction do not take place.

The only thing to make you cold out there is irradiation because you are a warm body. This method of "heat loss" is horribly inefficient. Places such as Alaska and Russia would cause you to freeze much faster.

For further proof, the ISS has to expel heat through radiators simply because of its electronics or people living on it: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/radiators.html#.Wt71CnNOk0M

This has been a useless space fact for the day.

11 Comments

BLIGHTBRINGER4/24/2018, 9:31:25 AM1 votes

One that I still find interesting.

CLG ear4/24/2018, 9:49:34 AM1 votes

too bad no one gives a shit

Solicitude4/24/2018, 10:05:14 AM1 votes

If you ever find yourself in the space without a protective suit, the temperature will be the last thing you'll have to worry about....