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Can the sun be seen from the ISS?
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Can the Sun be seen from the ISS?
The International Space Station is constantly
blocked from seeing the Sun by all those pesky space mountains and space trees…
as well as their annoying alien Ziggleglorkian neighbours’ constant
construction of space skyscrapers that blot out the Sun’s wholesome light -
despite such building projects clearly contradicting the Space Home Owners
Association guidelines
Seriously.
The ISS is bathed in pure, unobstructed
sunlight every 96 minutes - before being blocked by the Earth again 96 minutes
after that
Each individual photon hitting the ISS has
been travelling from the center of the Sun for about 300,000 years (and then
the 8 minutes it takes to blast towards Earth from the Sun’s surface at…
y’know… lightspeed) - so those 96 minute intervals really ain’t no thang
Also, the second that sunlight hits the ISS,
all the exposed surfaces instantly heat up to 120°C… and when the ISS passes
back into the Earth’s shadow, the temperature zooms down to -100°C (making the
entire thermal cycle 220°C)
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