Re: [meteorite-list] Space station moves to avoid debris

2007-02-06 Thread mark ford
orite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Space station moves to avoid debris --- Gerald Flaherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: but a centimeter sized particle traveling at > those speeds?? > Help. > Jerry Flaherty What Darren said is how I understand it too. As for 1cm part

Re: [meteorite-list] Space station moves to avoid debris

2007-02-04 Thread Sterling K. Webb
he two kinds of events. Sterling K. Webb -- - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Sterling K. Webb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 6:14 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list]

Re: [meteorite-list] Space station moves to avoid debris

2007-02-04 Thread Gerald Flaherty
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Re: [meteorite-list] Space station moves to avoid debris

2007-02-04 Thread Gerald Flaherty
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Re: [meteorite-list] Space station moves to avoid debris

2007-02-04 Thread lebofsky
t; Sterling K. Webb > ------------- > - Original Message - > From: "Rob McCafferty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gerald Flaherty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > > Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 2:16

Re: [meteorite-list] Space station moves to avoid debris

2007-02-03 Thread Sterling K. Webb
;[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gerald Flaherty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 2:16 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Space station moves to avoid debris --- Gerald Flaherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: but a centimeter sized particle traveling at >

Re: [meteorite-list] Space station moves to avoid debris

2007-02-03 Thread Rob McCafferty
--- Gerald Flaherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: but a centimeter sized particle traveling at > those speeds?? > Help. > Jerry Flaherty What Darren said is how I understand it too. As for 1cm particles, nah This shield is designed to protect against micrometeorids travelling at a relative speed o

Re: [meteorite-list] Space station moves to avoid debris

2007-02-03 Thread Rick Davis
rrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>To: "Rob McCafferty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>Cc: >Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 12:36 PM>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Space station moves to avoid debris>>> > On Sat, 3 Feb 2007 07:22:36 -0800 (PST), you wrote:> >>

Re: [meteorite-list] Space station moves to avoid debris

2007-02-03 Thread Gerald Flaherty
urday, February 03, 2007 3:44 PM Subject: Re: Re: [meteorite-list] Space station moves to avoid debris On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 14:38:42 -0500, you wrote: >I'm "shocked" that such a "meager" device can successfully protect against >high velocity impacts from debris? Why d

Re: [meteorite-list] Space station moves to avoid debris

2007-02-03 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 14:38:42 -0500, you wrote: >I'm "shocked" that such a "meager" device can successfully protect against >high velocity impacts from debris? Why does it vaporize and not continue >through? Particle hits first layer-- explodes into a bajillion pieces (as would you if you hit so

Re: [meteorite-list] Space station moves to avoid debris

2007-02-03 Thread Gerald Flaherty
CTED]> Cc: Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 12:36 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Space station moves to avoid debris > On Sat, 3 Feb 2007 07:22:36 -0800 (PST), you wrote: > >> >>> >>> Does anyone know more about the 'anti-meteorite >>> system' tha

Re: [meteorite-list] Space station moves to avoid debris

2007-02-03 Thread Darren Garrison
On Sat, 3 Feb 2007 07:22:36 -0800 (PST), you wrote: > >> >> Does anyone know more about the 'anti-meteorite >> system' that protects the ISS from being >> struck? 'Shields Up Scotty!' >> >I believe it's as simple as a couple of layers of >baking foil mounted over the main body of the station.

Re: [meteorite-list] Space station moves to avoid debris

2007-02-03 Thread Rob McCafferty
> > Does anyone know more about the 'anti-meteorite > system' that protects the ISS from being > struck? 'Shields Up Scotty!' > I believe it's as simple as a couple of layers of baking foil mounted over the main body of the station. The foil and impactor are vaporised by the impact and the vap

[meteorite-list] Space station moves to avoid debris

2007-02-03 Thread Gary K. Foote
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20070202-013112-8664r Space station moves to avoid debris MOSCOW, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. and Russian officials changed the International Space Station's orbit to keep it clear of debris from a satellite destroyed by China, a report says. "We are d