Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 20:23:53 -0400 (EDT) From: Essenz Consulting <john@essenz.com> To: Duncan Barclay <dmlb@ragnet.demon.co.uk> Cc: Olaf Hoyer <ohoyer@fbwi.fh-wilhelmshaven.de>, Brian Handy <handy@lambic.physics.montana.edu>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hardware in space? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10006212022590.52533-100000@athena.lightningone.net> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.000621231257.dmlb@computer.my.domain>
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Even if there is no air, it still will be cooled, considers On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Duncan Barclay wrote: > Hi all, > > > > > 2) Which computing power will be needed? > > If the power of a 486 will suffice, there should be no need for special > > cooling, since a run of, say 15 minutes won't overheat the chip. > > > > 3) Is it really necessary to have air in? > > (Except from cooling purposes or movement maker for HDDs) > > > > 4) For thermal insulation, is it possible to use something like styrofoam > > around the computing parts? (Or sometimes for housebuilding purposes there > > is similar foam for insulation, that you can "spray" from a can) > > > > 5) Real problem: Acceleration. If I got you right, we talk about some > > launch phase of some minutes, then a ~5 minute picture shooting, and then a > > landing and perhaps some notification via GPS where to pick up the parts. > > Heat could the the main problem. Depending on how high you are going up, > the assumption that an air cooled device will be cooled fails...There is no > air! Devices that are designed to be cooled by convection may over heat. > > Duncan > > --- > ________________________________________________________________________ > Duncan Barclay | God smiles upon the little children, > dmlb@ragnet.demon.co.uk | the alcoholics, and the permanently stoned. > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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