Exploring Space Radiation Effects on Avionics

This podcast explores how radiation in space, especially galactic cosmic rays, poses unpredictable threats to spacecraft avionics, causing both gradual hardware degradation and sudden failures. It highlights real-world incidents from the Artemis 1 mission, explains why shielding alone is insufficient, and details engineering strategies like error correction and majority voting to ensure mission safety. The discussion emphasizes the importance of layered defenses and risk management, suggesting these approaches may soon be necessary for critical terrestrial technologies as well.