Insulation for applications on spacecraft must be light-weight. In particular, spacecraft must be insulated against radiative heating from thermal radiation as no means exist in space for convective cooling by the atmosphere. Outside the Earth's atmosphere, radiated energy from the Sun is greater than on Earth, and all surfaces exposed heat up quickly. Thermal radiation insulation often consists of multi-layer insulation using special paints, foams, and layers of metal.
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