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On Thu, 21 May 2015 20:51:09 -0500, Byker wrote:
Those insulated towers containing lightning arrestors now surround every launch pad and rocket. Yet they are a recent phenomenon. Past launches, going back to the beginning of rocketry, did not have them. Why the change? If lightning wasn't considered a great danger in the past then why is it considered a great danger now? |
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"Joe Genteel" wrote in message
news ![]() Why the change? If lightning wasn't considered a great danger in the past then why is it considered a great danger now? Probably because the micro-circuitry of today is a lot more sensitive to electrical surges than in years past. The vacuum-tube and early transistor eras were considered "ironclad" by today's standards. |
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