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What type of Radiation hits Europa
I was recently reading the Wikipedia Page for Europa as I am interested in terra-formation. In one of the sentences, it says that:
The radiation level at the surface of Europa is equivalent to a ...
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Temperature of an Object in Space [closed]
Rotating cylinder in space
Hi all
I've been having problems trying to calculate the temperature of an object in space, and was hoping I could get some help. Say we have a cylinder in space rotating ...
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What sort of thin film experiments can be done in zero gravity and in the presence of cosmic radiation?
I recently found out about sending stuff into space and using the unique zero gravity and cosmic radiation riddled environment to investigate stuff like crystal growth. Since thin film science is a ...
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Steady State Temperature of an Object Orbiting the Earth
This may be irrelevant or stupid to ask but I couldn't come up with a good answer. At least, we could not agree on with my friend the other day.
I would like an estimate of the temperature of a human ...
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Laptops in space
I was reading an article regarding the Shuttle's GPCs and how they stack up against commercially-made hardware on http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/flyout/flyfeature_shuttlecomputers.html and ...
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The most stable metal for radioactive environment
Could you suggest which metal/alloy shows the least activation & better long-term stability for space (LEO, inside Van allen belts, deep space) applications?
Or stability of construction ...
