Even NASA gets burned by shady transistors....

[iamjackslackof]

https://www.science.org/content/article/vulnerable-transistors-threaten-upend-europa-clipper-mission

They probably all came in little pink baggies...

Does this make me kinda sorta an astronaut now?!

 

[pbrommer]

https://www.science.org/content/article/vulnerable-transistors-threaten-upend-europa-clipper-mission

They probably all came in little pink baggies...

Does this make me kinda sorta an astronaut now?!

As long as you can find Uranus, then sure!

 

[pricklyrobot]

As long as they’re pumping out sweet vintage tone right up until the moment they get completely cooked by gamma rays, I think we’re all fine with it, right?

 

[RetiredUnit1]

Sigh.... test, THEN INSTALL!

 

[Robert]

"NASA engineers encountered a technical constraint that precluded the adjustment of the Junction Field-Effect Transistor (JFET) bias to the target voltage of 4.5V."

 

[iamjackslackof]

"NASA engineers encountered a technical constraint that precluded the adjustment of the Junction Field-Effect Transistor (JFET) bias to the target voltage of 4.5V."

I may not be an astronaut, but clearly I'm NASA engineer material!