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A component of a heat pipe assembly (100) has hollow fluid transport sections (108) communicating with hollow bendable fluid transport sections (110); the bendable fluid transport sections (110) being bendable to deploy the transport sections ( 108) from a compact volume.

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What is claimed is: 1. A component of a heat pipe assembly comprising: hollow fluid transport sections communicating with hollow bendable fluid transport sections; the bendable fluid transport sections being bendable to stack the rigid sections in a compact volume; and further comprising a sub-cool

What is claimed is: 1. A component of a heat pipe assembly comprising: hollow fluid transport sections communicating with hollow bendable fluid transport sections; the bendable fluid transport sections being bendable to stack the rigid sections in a compact volume; and further comprising a sub-cooler having an external condensate line section, and an external vapor line section, the external vapor line section communicating with a vapor line in the hollow fluid transport sections and in the bendable fluid transport sections. 2. The component of claim 1, and further comprising: fins on the hollow fluid transport sections. 3. The component of claim 1, and further comprising: a further flexible hollow fluid transport section connecting the component in a heat pipe assembly. 4. The component of claim 1, and further comprising: a liquid line extending through the hollow fluid transport sections and through the bendable fluid transport sections. 5. The component of claim 1, and further comprising: an exterior side of the hollow and bendable fluid transport sections dissipating latent heat of vapor phase fluid being transported. 6. The component of claim 1, and further comprising: an evaporator of a heat pipe assembly, the hollow fluid transport sections having a shape conforming to the exterior of the evaporator. 7. The component of claim 1, and further comprising: an evaporator of a heat pipe assembly; and a fin on each of the hollow fluid transport sections having a shape conforming to the shape of the exterior of the evaporator. 8. The component of claim 1, and further comprising: the component being a condenser of a heat pipe assembly. 9. A heat pipe assembly comprising: a hollow envelope having an evaporator and a condenser containing a quantity of working fluid; the condenser having hollow fluid transport sections communicating with hollow bendable fluid transport sections; the bendable fluid transport sections being bendable to stack the rigid sections in a compact volume; and further comprising a sub-cooler having an external condensate line section, and an external vapor line section, the external vapor line section communicating with a vapor line in the hollow fluid transport sections and in the bendable fluid transport sections. 10. The heat pipe assembly of claim 9, and further comprising: fins on the hollow fluid transport sections. 11. The heat pipe assembly of claim 9, and further comprising: a liquid line extending through the hollow fluid transport sections and through the bendable fluid transport sections. 12. The heat pipe assembly of claim 9, and further comprising: an exterior side of each of the hollow and bendable fluid transport sections dissipating latent heat of vapor phase fluid. 13. The heat pipe assembly of claim 9, and further comprising: the hollow fluid transport sections having a shape conforming to the exterior of the evaporator. 14. A component of a heat pipe assembly comprising: hollow fluid transport sections communicating with hollow bendable fluid transport sections; the bendable fluid transport sections being bendable to stack the rigid sections in a compact volume; and further comprising one of the hollow fluid transport sections having an external fin and providing a sub-cooler for condensate, and an external vapor line connected to a vapor collection manifold of a heat pipe assembly; the vapor line by-passing the sub-cooler and being connected to a bendable hollow fluid transport section that is, in turn, connected between the sub-cooler and an adjacent hollow fluid transport section. 15. A component of a heat pipe assembly comprising: hollow fluid transport sections communicating with hollow bendable fluid transport sections; the bendable fluid transport sections being bendable to stack the rigid sections in a compact volume; and further comprising a coupling tee having a liquid line section between the fluid transport sections and a reservoir of a heat pipe assembly, and the coupling tee having a vapor line section between the fluid transport sections and an evaporator of a heat pipe assembly.