If you’re in interstellar space, i.e. travelling to another star, the inverse square law and the large distances very quickly kill radiation heat from either the destination or origin star.
However, if (as Vladimir suggested) you want to stay close to the sun, i.e. in earth orbit, you have to use a reflective shield.
That doesn’t make sense to me. Space is cold. You can’t be doing interstellar travel and not have access to cold.
I understand. I was thinking
..but I’m misjudging relative distances? That is, a spaceship wouldn’t spend sufficient time near stars?
If you’re in interstellar space, i.e. travelling to another star, the inverse square law and the large distances very quickly kill radiation heat from either the destination or origin star.
However, if (as Vladimir suggested) you want to stay close to the sun, i.e. in earth orbit, you have to use a reflective shield.