This is rather scary

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- David Lesher
  
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Tue, Dec 28, 2021 1:57 AM

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- Lasse Langwadt Christensen
  
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2 years ago

Tue, Dec 28, 2021 2:02 AM

tirsdag den 28. december 2021 kl. 02.57.11 UTC+1 skrev David Lesher:

mostly +15 years ago?

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- Robert Baer
  
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2 years ago

Tue, Dec 28, 2021 6:38 AM

SILVER??

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- Jasen Betts
  
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2 years ago

Tue, Dec 28, 2021 7:36 AM

It seems to only effect satellites launched before 1996

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- jlarkin
  
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2 years ago

Tue, Dec 28, 2021 3:49 PM

I guess whiskers can grow in vacuum. I thought moisture had something to do with them.

Another unexpected satellite failure mode was Farnsworth secondary-emission oscillations in RF power amps.

Shiny <> good.

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- bitrex
  
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2 years ago

Tue, Dec 28, 2021 7:27 PM

Murphy's law in action, I hate it:

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2 years ago

Wed, Dec 29, 2021 5:44 AM

I meant silver whiskers; never thought it was possible.

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