Shocking Tales

   696 Kings Row, Suite #35, San Jose, CA 95112

This Site Requires Adobe Reader.

Add To Your Favorites

Visit Our Sponsors

 Visit our new supplier page

 Access the "Members Only" Site (BETA)

On July 29, 1967, the U.S. Aircraft Carrier Forrestal cruised off the coast of North Vietnam. It's jets had already flown more than 700 sorties and there was no reason to expect this day to be any different. Not threatened by enemy aircraft, the A4 Skyhawk on the deck were loaded with two 1000 lb. bombs, air to ground and air to air missiles and they were ready to take off. On the deck of that carrier, attached to the wing, was an improperly mounted shielded connector. As the radar swept around, its RF voltages generated on that cable, igniting a missile which streaked across the deck, striking an aircraft and blowing its fuel tanks apart. Its two heavy bombs rolled to the deck and exploded, wing tip to wing tip.

The planes burned and the bombs exploded, fire spread below deck and before it was extinguished, 134 men were dead or missing. Automobile electronic ignition systems have been known to fail due to EMI from another car's ignition system or even the operation of the car's radio. These examples are indicative of the nature and potential consequences of EMI and the importance of its effective control to achieve Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC).

Courtesy of http://members.lycos.co.uk/paravance/waveshield.html
 

Mars Rover Pictures:

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory has released Maestro, a public version of the primary software tool used by NASA scientists to design goals for the Mars Exploration Rovers and analyze the images received from Mars.

Anyone can download Maestro for free from http://mars.telascience.org/ and use it to follow along with the rovers’ progress during the mission. You can use Maestro to view pictures from Mars in 2D and 3D and create simplified rover activity plans.

During the mission, updates will be released for Maestro containing the latest images from Mars.

[ Home ]

Send mail to info@esdsiva.org with general questions or comments about this web site. For specific suggestions or concerns relating to this site, mail directly to SiVa Webmaster- This Site is designed, developed and maintained by Ryan J. Money. 

Copyright © 2008 - The Silicon Valley EOS/ESD Society,  Last modified: 10/26/06