>> Webb has an open design; its mirrors are not guarded by the kind of tubular baffle seen on other space telescopes, such as Hubble. >So previous telescopes d

>> Webb has an open design; its mirrors are not guarded by the kind of tubular baffle seen on other space telescopes, such as Hubble. >So previous telescopes did have more protection against this kind of events. I would expect Webb to be less vulnerable though, due to the open design. So many possible trajectories would just go through the empty space between the beams and trusses (sorry for using the wrong terminology) and not hit anything at all?