Heat dissipation and radiation issues in space data centers will be addressed

Heat dissipation and radiation issues in space data centers will be addressed | Getting heat off of it because you don't have oxygen, and you also have radiation issues. Yeah. Those have to get addressed

Getting heat off of it because you don't have oxygen, and you also have radiation issues. Yeah. Those have to get addressed

Heat dissipation / radiation research published (UPenn tether architecture Jan 2026; Nature Electronics Oct 2025 paper).

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