Timeline for New tech, old clothes
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| Oct 14, 2016 at 14:38 | comment | added | user | What Kys said; in space, it's actually generally getting rid of heat that is the problem. Apollo 13 is a good example: The Apollo spacecraft had large radiators to get rid of all the waste heat of the equipment onboard. Only when they turned off all that equipment (in order to save electrical power, which was extremely precious after the midcourse oxygen tank explosion and fuel cells failure) did temperatures drop, because they were then still radiating away a lot of heat but had nothing to warm the air inside the pressure vessels back to the temperature it was expected to normally be at. | |
| Oct 13, 2016 at 19:40 | comment | added | Kys | Very true, though it might also become high fashion to tantalizingly reveal parts of one's cooling garment. Who can say? Fashion is a strange thing. | |
| Oct 13, 2016 at 18:48 | comment | added | EveryBitHelps | @Kys, just looking at that cooling garment. They may find it very ugly. They may be wearing all those other clothes to hide their 'undergarments' | |
| Oct 13, 2016 at 18:40 | comment | added | EveryBitHelps | Nice! Well there goes the need for warmth. And what on earth was star wars going on about then. But getting rid of the monotony will still exist. And to show status. Man is all about the status! | |
| Oct 13, 2016 at 18:00 | comment | added | Kys | Note that heat in spacecraft is not easily transferred to the near vacuum outside. In fact, spacesuits have special heat exchange systems to help keep astronauts cool. | |
| Oct 13, 2016 at 15:02 | history | answered | EveryBitHelps | CC BY-SA 3.0 |