Has there been any assessment of what risk such a hit would have posed had a space-suited astronaut been the "target" during an EVA?
Mark
>
> http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content/?cid=4848
>
> Atlantis suffered major MMOD hit
> By Chris Bergin
> nasaspaceflightnow.com
> October 4, 2006
>
> Shuttle orbiter Atlantis was hit by a MMOD (micrometeoroid/orbiting
> debris) event during STS-115, which NASA is describing as the "first or
> second largest hit" in the history of the Shuttle program.
>
> While the debris hit a radiator panel on the cargo bay doors, NASA are
> concerned, given the size of the MMOD, which they claim was large enough
> to have penetrated - possibly critically - Atlantis' heatshield.
>
>
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