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Re:Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion by Houshalter on Saturday May 25, 2013 @10:43PM (#5769807)
But computers don't take up nearly as much space. You would only need to shield that one specific spot where the computer was rather than the whole cockpit.
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Re:Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion by lostlogin on Saturday May 25, 2013 @11:34PM (#5769922)
Wouldn't you need to shield the wiring too? That stuff goes everywhere. Im not certain on the need for this though.
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Re:Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion by eksith on Sunday May 26, 2013 @12:00AM (#5769977)
Yes, every particle crossing the copper can create an anomalous signal that can switch a 0 to 1 or visa versa. If you have enough of those, the program(s) will eventually crash. On the processors themselves the L1/L2 caches are vulnerable, but beyond that, the ROM could also get corrupted making hard resets impossible even after a crash.

Fiber optic cables aren't immune to this either : http://misspiggy.gsfc.nasa.gov/tva/meldoc/cabass/rad.htm

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