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How much shielding exactly is needed to defend one item moving at 17,500mph vs another moving towards it at 17,500. I agree propellant will become increasingly
by kylehotchkiss 2y ago
How much shielding exactly is needed to defend one item moving at 17,500mph vs another moving towards it at 17,500. I agree propellant will become increasingly valuable but durable against impact seems almost fleeting of a goal
- Aeolun 2y agoKind of curious that at those high speeds bigger might be better, since the impact is spread over a larger area, and energy scales only linearly with mass.
- dTal 2y agoThis seems fallacious to me. Energy scales linearly with mass, so an object that is twice as big, is twice as bad. It probably isn't even twice the area, unless it's a flat sheet hitting broadside on - but even if it were, that's still at best the same as getting hit twice. Or are you saying that gluing two small pieces of debris together render them less harmful?
- consumer451 2y agoWhipple shields are effective and require less mass than one would imagine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whipple_shield https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whipple_shield