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minus-squareLanusensei87@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 hours agoWouldn’t the changing magnetic fields damage whichever electronics are housed in the payload?
minus-squareatro_city@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 hours agoI don’t believe so. The electromagnetic energy is being used for acceleration, no other type of energy. The inside could easily made into a Farady Cage to block some of the electro-magnetic fields.
Wouldn’t the changing magnetic fields damage whichever electronics are housed in the payload?
I don’t believe so. The electromagnetic energy is being used for acceleration, no other type of energy. The inside could easily made into a Farady Cage to block some of the electro-magnetic fields.