DiscoverNibbles in Space0009: Is space an empty vacuum?
0009: Is space an empty vacuum?

0009: Is space an empty vacuum?

Update: 2020-10-26
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Earth’s atmosphere has an effect on all spacecraft up to at least 500km, but on occasions to over 1000km; Electric and magnetic fields exist around most bodies in space, including the Earth and the Sun; Space also contains a number of plasma environments; Trapped radiation and solar particle events are the two major natural radiation sources of concern to spacecraft engineers.

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0009: Is space an empty vacuum?

0009: Is space an empty vacuum?

Malcolm Macdonald || SpaceProf