Yeah. ... or a bit of that Chinese 'missile damaged' satellite! - Grrr how irresponsible was that?! M.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob McCafferty Sent: 03 February 2007 20:17 To: Gerald Flaherty; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Space station moves to avoid debris --- Gerald Flaherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: but a centimeter sized particle traveling at > those speeds?? > Help. > Jerry Flaherty What Darren said is how I understand it too. As for 1cm particles, nah This shield is designed to protect against micrometeorids travelling at a relative speed of 20km/s. It'll not protect you from big stuff though I suppose the relative speeds of orbital debris is likely travelling much slower. Even so, wouldn't fancy their chances against a pea sized bit of weather sat even if it ONLY had a collision speed of 1000m/s Rob McC ________________________________________________________________________ ____________ It's here! Your new message! Get new email alerts with the free Yahoo! Toolbar. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list