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Re:The Mars Helicopter Is Online and Getting Ready to Fly by JKCalhoun on Sunday February 28, 2021 @01:47PM (#26295910)
Can't all of the radiation issues be mitigated with proper shielding of the electronics?
Re:The Mars Helicopter Is Online and Getting Ready to Fly by lisper on Sunday February 28, 2021 @01:55PM (#26295979)
Yes, but the problem is that radiation shielding is heavy because it's typically made of lead.
Re:The Mars Helicopter Is Online and Getting Ready to Fly by CamTin on Sunday February 28, 2021 @09:43PM (#26299181)
https://media.ccc.de/v/36c3-10575-how_to_design_highly_relia... is a really interesting talk by some guys from CERN who have to design chips for use in particle accelerators and other physics experiments where they must survive unusually hostile radiation environments.
Re:The Mars Helicopter Is Online and Getting Ready to Fly by Teever on Sunday February 28, 2021 @02:43PM (#26296379)
It's trickier than it seems because some forms of radiation can induce different kinds of radiation when they hit the dense shielding so you're kind of back to square one in that you still need a radiation resistant processor.