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r/spaceporn • u/feeling_impossible • Feb 07 '18
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It hasn't been up there long enough to have any real visible changes. With enough time you'll see the paint jog get bleached, but that could take decades maybe.
35 u/columbus8myhw Feb 07 '18 It was in the Van Allen belts for several hours so it's probably a bit radioactive though 1 u/evolutionary_defect Feb 07 '18 Wasnt there some worry about electricity doing some weird shit to it in the allen belts? Am I imagining that? 1 u/columbus8myhw Feb 07 '18 No idea, but it's not like we're gonna drive it ever again anyway EDIT: I heard they took out the car battery, maybe that's why they did it
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It was in the Van Allen belts for several hours so it's probably a bit radioactive though
1 u/evolutionary_defect Feb 07 '18 Wasnt there some worry about electricity doing some weird shit to it in the allen belts? Am I imagining that? 1 u/columbus8myhw Feb 07 '18 No idea, but it's not like we're gonna drive it ever again anyway EDIT: I heard they took out the car battery, maybe that's why they did it
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Wasnt there some worry about electricity doing some weird shit to it in the allen belts? Am I imagining that?
1 u/columbus8myhw Feb 07 '18 No idea, but it's not like we're gonna drive it ever again anyway EDIT: I heard they took out the car battery, maybe that's why they did it
No idea, but it's not like we're gonna drive it ever again anyway
EDIT: I heard they took out the car battery, maybe that's why they did it
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u/Claytonius_Homeytron Feb 07 '18
It hasn't been up there long enough to have any real visible changes. With enough time you'll see the paint jog get bleached, but that could take decades maybe.