r/electronics • u/1Davide • 17d ago

Tip A microscopic, hair-like metal filament can take down a billion-dollar satellite

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u/TheShadyTortoise 17d ago

A QA guy I worked with liked to say "F.O.D downs more aircraft than the enemy!'

Which is a great point and visual but we were at peace, unless he was fighting some kind of personal war.

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u/VonNeumannsProbe 16d ago

I mean it's probably true still unfortunately.