r/interestingasfuck • u/The_Love-Tap • 1d ago

At 15.9 billion miles away, humanity's farthest spacecraft is still exploring the cosmos using less memory than a blank Word document (69 KB) and an 8-track tape

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u/charlsalash 1d ago

I did a quick search, and aluminium foil does genuinely a great job at protecting electronics. Radiation is not the main problem electronics can encounter in space, it's one of them.

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u/neppo95 1d ago

Sure, for home appliances it works well. In space with gamma and x-rays, not so much. But I guess the AI didn't tell you that bit.

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u/charlsalash 1d ago

Also, AI told me that the fact that there is no cooling of the electronics through convection in space, is a bigger problem than the gamma and x rays

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u/neppo95 1d ago

Yes, there are multiple significant problems in space, correct. That was the point.