Dear European Space Agency . Whilelanding on a cometwas a freaking amazing milestone in the chronicle of place geographic expedition , for Christmas can you pretty please make these awe-inspiring little space chip real ?
What , exactly , are these cool look thingies ? The ESAexplains :
These are microsections taken from printed circuit boards ( PCBs ) , being considered for use by coming ESA projects . Such boards are key edifice blocks of place missions . The microsections are couch inside resin to make them loose to organise and visit on a microscope , in some cases with dyestuff added to aid find defects and reveal any materials and processes underperformance .
ESA ’s Materials and Electrical Components Laboratory – base at the ESTEC technological centre in Noordwijk , the Netherlands , and fit out with powerful diagnostic putz , including optical and scanning negatron microscopes – has the undertaking of confirm whether the performance and craftsmanship of candidate board and assemblies take on rigorous space - timber standards . imbed within these resin magnetic disc are vital clew to determine whether future quad missions will bomb or thrive : any blemish in the PCBs , or in the soldering process used to attach components to the board , could impair satellites , or even top to the total expiration of a mission .
But whatever . Why not just make one that do n’t work and turn them into like the unspoiled vesture ever ? Please ? [ Sergi Ferreté Aymerich / ESA ]
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