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To: sparklite2

.. degrading satellite sensors?

How could this be???


3 posted on 10/30/2015 8:19:52 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: smokingfrog

“.. degrading satellite sensors?

How could this be???”

The sensors have been up there “For millennia” so they’re very old.


10 posted on 10/30/2015 8:28:49 PM PDT by Quicksilver (I'll vote for anyone that can truly Make America Great Again!)
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To: smokingfrog
.. degrading satellite sensors? How could this be???

Must be due to global warming. Everything else is.

22 posted on 10/30/2015 9:45:52 PM PDT by DannyTN
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The degradation could possibly be caused by exposure to atomic oxygen which exists at the edge of our atmosphere. It can cause erosion of exposed metal on satellites.

The only reason I know about atomic oxygen erosion on satellites is someone sent me an article about it as a joke when I worked in nuclear engineering as an equipment qualification coordinator for nuclear harsh environments.

The article was interesting but totally useless for nuclear power plants!


23 posted on 10/30/2015 10:15:09 PM PDT by SatinDoll (A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN IS BORN IN THE USA OF TWO USA CITIZENS)
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