Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: Lost Apollo 12? Message-ID: <1990Sep14.170238.1944@zoo.toronto.edu> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: <36975@ut-emx> <6331@castle.ed.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 14 Sep 90 17:02:38 GMT In article <6331@castle.ed.ac.uk> tjc@castle.ed.ac.uk (A J Cunningham) writes: > I'm curious to know why an aircraft can take a lightning strike >with no damage due to the Faraday Cage effect and Apollo 12 nearly had >to be aborted. Is this where the trail of ionised gas is significant? Faraday cages are not magic; having a zillion amps flowing along the outside of your vehicle can wreak havoc on internal electronics even if it doesn't get inside. Aircraft don't always survive lightning strikes. -- TCP/IP: handling tomorrow's loads today| Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology OSI: handling yesterday's loads someday| henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry