[ELI5] How do flying/floating objects ground their electronics?

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How do Submarines, Planes, Ships, Spaceships, etc. Ground their electrical systems to prevent their entire surface from becoming an electrical hazard?

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Carefully. Stick something out in front to act like a lightning rod when approaching some other object. When they’re out by themselves, it doesn’t matter what their electrical charge is relative to other objects, as long as it can’t arc across.

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