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Virgin Galactic Grounded by EMI
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JustMeHere:
"the Dec. 12 aborted suborbital test flight of the vehicle, which was caused by electromagnetic interference (EMI), according to SpaceNews. Virgin Galactic officials said that EMI caused a flight computer to reboot at the same time that SpaceShipTwo's engine ignited."

Anyone care to speculate what type of EMI would do this?  Suborbital flight will become an important part of our future. 

https://www.space.com/virgin-galactic-spaceshiptwo-delays-space-tourism-flights-2022
Tomorokoshi:
Branson! Get me some ferrites!
daqq:
That'll be a fun issue to recreate in the lab.
Tomorokoshi:
I'm guessing they failed IEC 61000-4-8.
Gyro:
"Will all passengers please turn off their mobile phones, laptops and other electronic devices before launch".
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