Weather and Temperature in the Verse

ColdDog

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Ok folks... I am a little confused here. Space in general is absolute zero (–273.15°C or –459.67°F). When you EVA you are exposed to those temps, granted in variation with radiation and other cosmic environmental activity. Did I hear something about special harsh weather suits for planet climates? So, I don't get it... Space is about the coldest thing around, if your suit can withstand space, it should be able to withstand snow. Maybe I am just being a smart ass but I am not following CIGs logic. Maybe they just want to sell more suits.
 

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Theres nothing to conduct heat away in space if you have good insulation, so surprisingly enough you can actually cook in your space suit if you cant radiate that heat away. Your suit insulates you and prevents that. Without turning this into a giant science discussion, your thin flightsuit if it has the right materials, will keep you warm in space. This is because the heat cant radiate away from your suit faster than your metabolism can keep up, even if it is -459.67 F. As soon as you introduce an atmosphere to conduct heat away then you start having issues. Its why you would need a powered suit and thick insulation on surface.


Also: If you want to get into theory crafting, I worked with some really cool stuff recently that had a high thermal resistance and is like a carbon ceramic foam, shit they used on the space shuttle but better and cheaper. With the advancement in material sciences, its absolutely reasonable to think they have found a way to create a thin spacesuit capable of keeping your body temperature regulated even in solar radiation.


Pertinent links to read if you care to:

Most heat resistant material

Thermal radiation Wiki

Black Body Wiki

Slate.com: Can you survive in space without a spacesuit?

Just to add, I just understand the basic concepts of some of this stuff but maybe one of the smart kids can explain it better.
 
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Theres nothing to conduct heat away in space if you have good insulation, so surprisingly enough you can actually cook in your space suit if you cant radiate that heat away. Your suit insulates you and prevents that. Without turning this into a giant science discussion, your thin flightsuit if it has the right materials, will keep you warm in space. This is because the heat cant radiate away from your suit faster than your metabolism can keep up, even if it is -459.67 F. As soon as you introduce an atmosphere to conduct heat away then you start having issues. Its why you would need a powered suit and thick insulation on surface.


Also: If you want to get into theory crafting, I worked with some really cool stuff recently that had a high thermal resistance and is like a carbon ceramic foam, shit they used on the space shuttle but better and cheaper. With the advancement in material sciences, its absolutely reasonable to think they have found a way to create a thin spacesuit capable of keeping your body temperature regulated even in solar radiation.


Pertinent links to read if you care to:

Most heat resistant material

Thermal radiation Wiki

Black Body Wiki

Slate.com: Can you survive in space without a spacesuit?

Just to add, I just understand the basic concepts of some of this stuff but maybe one of the smart kids can explain it better.

Nicely said.
 

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Theres nothing to conduct heat away in space if you have good insulation
Well, it's not that there is *nothing* to conduct heat. It's that there is very, very little. If there was nothing, you couldn't measure it's temperature to begin with.
Pressure in space is 1.322 * 10^-11 Pascals. An absolutely miniscule amount compared to pressure at sea-level on earth (101.325 kPa), however, different from 0.
Basically, the amount of material in outer space is entirely insufficient to properly cool you. It's kinda like throwing couple of ice cubes at Sahara desert mid-day trying to cool the sand.
I'm getting the feeling that you knew this already, but just putting this here for the benefit of others.
 
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Well, it's not that there is *nothing* to conduct heat. It's that there is very, very little. If there was nothing, you couldn't measure it's temperature to begin with.
Pressure in space is 1.322 * 10^-11 Pascals. An absolutely miniscule amount compared to pressure at sea-level on earth (101.325 kPa), however, different from 0.
Basically, the amount of material in outer space is entirely insufficient to properly cool you. It's kinda like throwing couple of ice cubes at Sahara desert mid-day trying to cool the sand.
I'm getting the feeling that you knew this already, but just putting this here for the benefit of others.
True but the biggest loss of heat energy in space is through radiation and not conduction or convection.
 

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only pervs study boy bands FOR SCIENCE
I don't think typing "Scientific K-pop" into Youtube counts as studying....

Although my list of suggested videos has been totally and utterly ruined now.
 

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no worries, it will clear up in a couple of months

as long as you don't search (or watch) any more K-pop
As I generally watch any video posted on TEST I think it's only a matter of time before I end up seeing some more.
 
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