Re: ISS as Mars vehicle

From: Henry Spencer (henry_at_spsystems.net)
Date: 12/21/04 

Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 00:49:39 GMT

In article <Pine.LNX.4.44.0412162151250.3854-100000@onyx.spiritone.com>,
Matthew Montchalin <chalin@aracnet.com> wrote:
>|Once ISS' electronics are fried by the Van Allen belts, it will be
>|a dead hulk...
>
>Can you describe the extent of the 'frying?' Is there going to be
>so much electrical charge that it arcs around the ship and melts
>holes through it?

No, nothing so spectacular. The semiconductors in the electronics will
simply start glitching, become erratic, and finally stop working
altogether due to accumulated radiation damage. 

-- 
"Think outside the box -- the box isn't our friend."    |   Henry Spencer
                                -- George Herbert       | henry@spsystems.net

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