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I'm shocked something hasn't hit the spacecraft yet and obliterated it. It's been great to see the photographs from out there!
by Titanbase 12y ago
I'm shocked something hasn't hit the spacecraft yet and obliterated it. It's been great to see the photographs from out there!
- ceejayoz 12y agoSpace is big, and as such, things that'd hit a spacecraft hard enough to do damage are few and far between. I'm not aware of a single spacecraft in history being disabled by naturally occurring debris.
- Zancarius 12y agoI believe Cassini also flew through a gap in the outer rings during its initial positioning, using the communications dish as a shield against residual dust. There was also a recording released that transposed the energy dispersed from the impacts into audible noise. I'll see if I can find it. Edit: Here we go. Info [1] and sound [2] [1] http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Cassini-Huygens/Hear_the_passage_through_the_rings http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Cassini-Huyg... [2] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rrc5pxRdLc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rrc5pxRdLc