From: seawasp@sgeinc.invalid.com   
      
   On 11/15/16 10:41 PM, Rick Pikul/Chakat Firepaw wrote:   
   > On Sat, 05 Nov 2016 11:09:20 -0700, Mikkel Haaheim wrote:   
   >   
   >> Le mercredi 5 octobre 2016 19:51:29 UTC+2, Rick Pikul/Chakat Firepaw a   
   >> écrit :   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>>> It appears that not only have you grossly underestimated the value of   
   >>>> H2O for a heat sink, but you have completely failed to take good old   
   >>>> insulation into account. Habitation decks can be maintained at a nice   
   >>>> 20°C. A central core can be allowed to exceed 100°C. The shell,   
   >>>> however,   
   >>>> will be maintained at 3°K, with the help of an active He cooling loop   
   >>>> (to soak up solar radiation), probably chilled with a reserve of LH.   
   >>>   
   >>> So more energy generating yet more heat.   
   >>   
   >> Part of the budget. Yes.   
   >   
   > As I said:  At best, cutting the area you can be spotted from in half   
   > will more than double how easy you are to spot in that half.   
   >   
      
      
   	Rick, you realize this is a lost cause? I gave up after the third or   
   fourth go-round.   
      
      
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