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A magnetic shield would not keep away non-conductive objects.
by hagbard_c 2y ago
A magnetic shield would not keep away non-conductive objects.
- thereisnospork 2y agoThat's what the 30mm point defense cannon is for.
- michaelsbradley 2y agoHow does the recoil work out?
- serf 2y agothe same way they ever make ballistic weapons in space work in fiction, an aim-able exhaust port and accompanying verniers. or, for bonus points during an extra busy war, symmetrical cannons firing synchronized volleys.
- klyrs 2y agoIf you paint them with an electron beam, the magnetic shield will deflect them marvelously
- autoexec 2y agoWould sending out an electron beam move the space station?
- klyrs 2y agoOf course it would! But deflecting space debris is gonna cause motion as well.
- ASalazarMX 2y agoAt the energies needed to power a magnetic shield, and the precision needed to tag hipersonic debris with an electron beam, why not vaporize/deflect them with lasers instead?
- danielheath 2y agoVaporising doesn’t help (the mass hasn’t changed and neither has the velocity). Deflection by vaporising a very small part of the object can work, if you can spot it coming and hit it in time. Assuming you can somehow detect a 1cm piece 1km away, you have approximately 10ms to accurately apply enough power to deflect it.