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Oh okay. And last Elon's tweet says that the last stage still has a burn to do after the belt. So if the chips are damage it may be impossible to do the burn.

Oh okay. And last Elon's tweet says that the last stage still has a burn to do after the belt. So if the chips are damage it may be impossible to do the burn. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/960988527159795712 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/960988527159795712

alkonaut 9y ago
If they need it to work through the radiation belts then they have proper radiation hardened stuff on it I’m sure.
soneil 9y ago
As I understand it, this is the whole reason for this coasting. They're chilling out in the van allen belt specifically to tick off that box.