No, tin whiskers were first seen in telephone equipment, long before the space program started.
Solved with lead in solder, which unfortunately has been declared an environmental “problem”.
When I first read that NASA was investigating “tin whiskers” on cars, I thought it was a joke, now I understand the problem.
A sincere thank you to the auto and mechanical “geeks” who have explained the problem.
Except, now I’ll have another thing to worry along with “chemtrails.”