Re: Slow Stealth

On Feb 25, 9:14 pm, Tim Little <t...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> On 2008-02-26, Luke Campbell <lwc...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > Of course, that's true no matter what size radiator you choose - if
> > the incoming solar intensity exceeds the outgoing radiated
> > intensity, you gain heat rather than losing it.  On the other hand,
> > this puts the radiators along the plane of the ecliptic, which is
> > where the OP needed them for his scenario.
>
> Yes, under the original assumption that nobody has any sensors outside
> the ecliptic.  Certainly a gigawatt source will be quite visible if
> there does happen to be anyone with IR sensors out there.

Oh, I quite agree.  And the cooler you make the radiators, the more
photons they emit for a given power output, and the more visible they
will be.

Luke