On 23 Mar 2012 at 10:36, Bob Landman wrote:

> Steve,
> 
> I asked Henning about a satellite that failed in orbit due to whiskers
> as to how they could possibly deduce that when I saw him at the CALCE
> meeting at UMd.  He told me it was because they had similar equipment
> on the ground and could verify that whiskers had likely erupted.

Did these similar whiskers grow under "normal earth" conditions, then 
it would mean, the whiskers growth had nothing to do with space 
(temperature, vacuum, zero gravity). Or did they try to simulate at 
least vacuum and temperature?

Regards
Matthias Mansfeld

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