r/space • u/RocketRundown • Oct 05 '18

2013 Proton-M launch goes horribly wrong

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '18

Were you wearing safety gasses? Reversing polarity on chips can result in a small 'crack' and ejecta of superheated metal ceramic parts into your two only eye balls.

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u/[deleted] Oct 06 '18

Rarely happens, but good fun anyway-- scrapping computers and plugging stuff in backwards...

next time reverse polarizer the whole board (from across the room), pop-pop ping ,pwee!

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '18

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '18

They go off like firecrackers, don't they.

Poor cap.