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Relating to creating, testing, and refining technology used in space exploration.

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Why aren't superconductors used more in space?

The worst obstacle and the primary roadblock to using superconductors on Earth is the ambient temperature which necessitates a coolant like LN2 or even liquid Helium (and a lot of energy for creating these). Achieving these temperatures in space is…
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