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So it passes through the sail and then hits the spacecraft attached to the sail. Now what? kaboom? small holes in the hull would not be good for the occupants.
by dylan604 1y ago
So it passes through the sail and then hits the spacecraft attached to the sail. Now what? kaboom? small holes in the hull would not be good for the occupants.
- rbanffy 1y agoThe sail is much, much larger than the craft. The odds of that happening are tiny. In any case, we should launch more than one.
- dylan604 1y agomore than one basket for those eggs will be important.
- pfdietz 1y agoWhen it passes through the sail, enough energy is deposited in the grain to explode it, so if there's sufficient distance to the hull the vapor deposits sufficiently low energy/area to be tolerable. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whipple_shield https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whipple_shield