Photo from the ISS
10 responses to “Endeavour STS-118 Docked”
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It’s not really meaningful to speak of the temperature "in space" in the same way as on earth. Things can be hot or cold depending on what they are made of and whether sunlight is shining on them or not. Things can get cold quickly in the dark, or scorching when the sun comes around. Spacecraft have to be designed carefully to be at the right temperature when they are in orbit. The white paint is not just for show …
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Drift words, thanks for the answer. I knew my question was fundamentally "wrong" as posed, yet made it to express the doubt clearly. What you say is exactly what I found out in those links I copied above. Yeah.
Very interesting… each time i begin reading astronomy, I spend couple of hours minimum, today was no exception. =)
I am specially interested in the Dark Matter/Energy conundrum.
J, that link reminds me of the question you suggested me for Vint. A pitty I accessed it after the talk.
[Alieness dreamzzzz…]
So go ask Eric for Vint´s mail if you don´t have it, (and tell Eric that he has a fan here, you promised me to be my personal messenger! =) Then remind Vint of my question (he might remember), put me in conversation (CC) and make the question!!! And see what he says.
[/Alieness dreamzzzz…]Btw, see Drona’s comment there below talking google! Ha! It all awesomely interconnects. I hadn´t read that post before, so thanks for the pointer. 😀
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"Full-sky Temperature Maps
WMAP full-sky maps in each of 5 frequency bands from 23 to 94 GHz.
The red band in each is microwave emission from our Galaxy. The Galactic signal is strongest at 23 GHz, weakest at 61 and 94 GHz. This multi-frequency data is used to subtract the Galactic signal and produce the CMB map shown above.These images show a temperature range of ± 200 microKelvin."
(from WMAP site)|-)
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Yup… here is a description of what would happen… and a partial test of the theory:
"In 1965, while performing tests at the NASA facility now known as Johnson Space Center a subject was accidentally exposed to a near vacuum (less than 1 psi) when his space suit leaked while in a vacuum chamber. He did not pass out for about 14 seconds, by which time unoxygenated blood had reached his brain. Technicians began to repressurize the chamber within 15 seconds and he regained consciousness at around the equivalent of 15,000 feet of altitude. He later said that his last conscious memory was of the water on his tongue beginning to boil."
Another movie memory shattered… It’s not like Outland…
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Hi, I’m an admin for a group called Just Around the World, and we’d love to have this added to the group!
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