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importantbrian | 1 year ago

I wonder if to get rid of the fans they could use a control moment gyroscope or reaction wheels.

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4gotunameagain|1 year ago

The problem with those is that they cap. When the reaction wheel is spinning at the maximum RPM, there is no more impulse to be supplied.

In satellites there are ways to de-spin the reaction wheels, using alternative sources of torque, e.g. the earth's magnetic field