I can't yet see why heat would be better radiated north and south
perpendicular to the ecliptic plane. It does seem obvious that you want the
radiator edge-on to the star, but radiating in the two directions in the
ecliptic plane and tangent to the orbit (prograde and retrograde instead of
"north and south" normal and antinormal) or even anywhere in between seems
just as rational?
On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 1:38 AM, Keith Henson <hkeithhenson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
a rationally designed thermal type power satellites radiates
the IR north and south of the ecliptic (to keep sunlight off the low
temperature radiators).
