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Old 29-December-2005, 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Swift
Radiation can certainly effect electronic devices. There are techniques for hardening electronics to radiation (Honeywell site). Most (all?) satellites use such hardening.
I'd be very surprised if there were any spacecraft that didn't use rad-hardened components. Certainly all the ones I've dealt with have.
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