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jloughry
on Aug 23, 2013
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Why does NASA use gold foil on equipment and gold-...
The US Navy EA-6B Prowler, an airplane that emits a LOT of radio frequency energy, has a conductive gold layer on its canopy for Faraday cage reasons, to protect the crew from the radar jammer.
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