I am just honestly confused. There seem to be no logical reason for it, except that it would raise the stock value of rocket producers like SpaceX and Blue Origin.

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    18 days ago

    Yea. Heat pump it upto 500k? 6.4 kW/m² (double-sided) for 120 kW total output? 20 sq meters. That’s nothing.

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      18 days ago

      I suppose one could, They’re going with 160 m² radiators (double sided of course) so they won’t need heat pumps, though, I guess they found that to be a better tradeoff of mass and complexity.