This protected the suit from scrapes and sheltered the astronaut from thermal solar radiation and micrometeoroids which could puncture the suit. ❋ Unknown (2010)
This could include protection against micrometeoroids and orbital debris. ❋ Unknown (2009)
It will be modified with additional shielding for protection against strikes by micrometeoroids. ❋ Unknown (2009)
An ultrathin solar sail which is very wide to the direction of approach needs to be designed so that such micrometeoroids would pass through with minimal damage. ❋ Julianne (2008)
The caves may be the only natural structures capable of protecting primitive life forms from micrometeoroids, UV radiation, solar flares and high energy particles that bombard the planet's surface. ❋ Mac (2007)
The outer atmospheric reaches shimmered with an endless bombardment of micrometeoroids, those dust-sized bits of rocks, metal, and simple organic compounds that are the ashes of defunct comets. ❋ May, Julian, 1931- (1998)
On airless globes, micrometeoroids would have worn them down. ❋ Anderson, Poul, 1926- (1985)
Also in 1979, NASA's Pegasus 2 satellite, which was launched in 1965 to study micrometeoroids in low-Earth orbit, re-entered the atmosphere uncontrolled and splashed into the mid-Atlantic Ocean. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Pegasus 2 was launched in 1965 to study micrometeoroids in low-Earth orbit. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Goliat will image Earth using a digital camera, and also measure radiation levels and micrometeoroids. ❋ Unknown (2012)
NASA says the Cupola node could be considered the ultimate observation deck as the small, dome-shaped module has seven windows, six around the sides and one on top, that can be shuttered when not in use to protect them from micrometeoroids and the harsh space environment. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The threat of a collision with micrometeoroids is small, but not zero. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Robin Canup of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder said the slight rock content is due to the interplanetary dust and constant "bombardment … by micrometeoroids". ❋ Unknown (2010)
But walking on the moon required extra protection from heat and cold and micrometeoroids, and there was always the risk of falling and ripping something. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The Cupola is an observation and control tower with six side windows and a top window, which are all equipped with shutters to protect them from passing space debris and micrometeoroids, and will be closed when not in use. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Hence an interstellar ship would be much more severely exposed to the hazards found in interplanetary travel, including hard vacuum, radiation, weightlessness, and micrometeoroids. ❋ Unknown (2010)
They do leave a hole, which reduces the area of the sail by a trivial amount, but sail areas are so large, and micrometeoroids so small, that it would take decades to centuries before the effective area loss reduces performance significantly. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Actually, solar sails are almost completely unaffected by small impacts by micrometeoroids or debris. ❋ Unknown (2010)
