re: Electric heaters function normally at over 500 deg.K

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re: Electric heaters function normally at over 500 deg.K

Success_Machine — 11/3/2003 1:36:33 PM (archived)

So do temperature sensors. As long as the temperature doesn't reach the melting point of the metal circuits, everything should be fine. We couldn't use circuits designed for Earth because they are too closely packed, and require active cooling, even in earth-standard atmosphere.

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Venus colonisation... - Adam - 11/2/2003 1:09:17 PM
- re: Venus colonisation... - Robert E. Bleier - 11/4/2003 11:23:15 AM
  - re: Venus colonisation... (n/t) - go fuck ur self - 12/11/2003 1:37:05 PM
  - re: Venus colonisation... (n/t) - go fuck ur self - 12/11/2003 1:36:55 PM
  - re: Venus colonisation... (n/t) - go fuck ur self - 12/11/2003 1:36:45 PM
  - re: Venus colonisation... (n/t) - go fuck ur self - 12/11/2003 1:36:33 PM
  - re: Venus colonisation... (n/t) - go fuck ur self - 12/11/2003 1:36:10 PM
    - Courtesy of Oxford.EDnet.NS.CA. (n/t) - et - 12/12/2003 1:46:33 AM
  - Big prob bob. - et - 11/4/2003 7:33:39 PM
- How's this for an idea. - et - 11/3/2003 7:58:50 PM
  - re: How's this for an idea. - Chris Vancil - 11/4/2003 1:35:41 AM
- Terraformation versus interstellar travel costs - Gary - 11/3/2003 12:43:23 AM
  - re: Terraformation versus interstellar travel costs - Adam - 11/3/2003 12:10:07 PM
    - 50 billion exajoules... - Adam - 11/3/2003 12:30:10 PM
      - 8 to One... - Adam - 11/3/2003 12:42:18 PM
        
        re: Power versus Energy - Success_Machine - 11/4/2003 1:39:41 AM
        
        re: A sunshade as big as a planet, covered in solar power modules - Success_Machine - 11/4/2003 1:47:17 AM
        
        200 years... - Adam - 11/5/2003 2:20:17 AM
        
        re: Chemical reactors might be more useful than just stripping the atmosphere - Success_Machine - 11/4/2003 1:54:48 AM
        
        re: Ultimate problem with Venus, it's too close to the Sun - Success_Machine - 11/4/2003 1:58:53 AM
        
        re: Create a self-regulating troposphere on Venus - Success_Machine - 11/4/2003 2:14:42 AM
        
        Very tricky... - Adam - 11/5/2003 2:29:07 AM
        
        Not tricky at all... - Nick Hoffman - 11/5/2003 1:19:19 PM
  - re: Terraformation versus interstellar travel costs - Tom Brosz - 11/3/2003 4:30:41 AM
    - Why waste the energy? - Adam - 11/3/2003 12:00:13 PM
- The cost benefit analysis - ebnelson - 11/2/2003 8:31:51 PM
  - Nitrogen for Mars... - Adam - 11/3/2003 12:04:35 PM
- $64,000 question: why bother? - Tom Brosz - 11/2/2003 7:24:45 PM
  - re: Atmosphere or no atmosphere - Raoul - 11/2/2003 9:13:23 PM
    - The US survived landing on Venus by accident - Gary - 11/3/2003 1:01:38 AM
      - re: The US survived landing on Venus by accident - Davin L. - 11/3/2003 6:17:07 PM
      - re: Electric heaters function normally at over 500 deg.K - Success_Machine - 11/3/2003 1:36:33 PM
        
        I believe(?) most integrated circuits flake out at T > 100deg.C - Gary - 11/3/2003 4:33:38 PM
        
        re: integrated circuits flake out - Tom Brosz - 11/3/2003 8:00:33 PM
        
        Refrigerators on Venus - Nick Hoffman - 11/4/2003 4:08:15 AM
        
        re: Refrigerators on Venus - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2003 4:31:07 AM
        
        re: Refrigerators on Venus - Nick Hoffman - 11/4/2003 3:36:55 PM
        
        Cool! (sorry.) - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2003 5:01:59 PM
        
        re: Corrosion of RTG and high winds on Venus - Success_Machine - 11/4/2003 4:54:42 PM
        
        One word: "ceramics." (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/4/2003 5:04:01 PM
        
        re: I believe(?) most integrated circuits flake out at T > 100deg.C - Frank - 11/3/2003 7:31:20 PM
        
        re: Hard to say - Success_Machine - 11/4/2003 1:33:08 AM
        
        re: I believe(?) most integrated circuits flake out at T > 100deg.C - Frank - 11/3/2003 7:31:04 PM
- re: Venus - Raoul - 11/2/2003 3:49:59 PM
  - Venus planetary dynamo - et - 11/3/2003 7:46:40 PM
    - re: Venus planetary dynamo - Nick Hoffman - 11/4/2003 4:01:49 PM
      - Where did it all go? - Adam - 11/5/2003 2:26:04 AM
        
        That damn Baxter, I did not. - et - 11/5/2003 5:43:56 PM
      - re: Venus planetary dynamo - et - 11/4/2003 7:26:48 PM
        
        You're right. - Nick Hoffman - 11/5/2003 1:15:51 PM
    - re: Yes, perhaps (n/t) - Raoul - 11/3/2003 8:21:56 PM
- re: Colonization of low-earth orbit - Success_Machine - 11/2/2003 3:31:18 PM
  - Good point SM... - Adam - 11/3/2003 12:48:40 PM
    - Mars Geology and Minerals - Nick Hoffman - 11/4/2003 4:13:41 PM
      - Thanks for the precis, Nick... Mercury mines anyone? - Adam - 11/5/2003 2:08:38 AM
        
        re: He3 - Raoul - 11/5/2003 12:42:42 PM
        
        Would you trust... - Nick Hoffman - 11/5/2003 1:13:00 PM
        
        re: Would you trust... - Raoul - 11/5/2003 4:20:38 PM

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