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Darmstadt, we have a problem – ESA reveals its INTEGRAL space telescope was three hours from likely death

Helstrom

Random Charged Particle

"ESA boffins have fingered a random charged particle hitting INTEGRAL's electricals and sparking a changed state as the possible cause of the malfunction."

Not only has this event made the case for working from home as the author noted, it has also validated the "stray alpha particle" excuse for random failures!

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