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		CobrastanJorji on Nov 27, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AWS Ground Station – Ingest and Process Data from ... Use a laser beam for heat dissipation. Bonus: Cloud Death Beam.

nradov on Nov 28, 2018 [–]

The SciFi novel "Sundiver" by David Brin is based around using a laser to dissipate heat from a manned spacecraft. Sadly thermodynamics mean it wouldn't work in reality.

http://www.davidbrin.com/sundiver.html

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