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Whipple shield

The Whipple shield or Whipple bumper is a type of spaced armor shielding, invented by Fred Whipple, designed to protect crewed and uncrewed spacecraft from hypervelocity collisions with micrometeoroids and orbital debris. Relative velocities of objects in earth orbit can range as high as 18 kilometers per second (11.2 miles per second), meaning even very…

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Whipple shield

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Whipple shield → Apollo, ATV, Brief, ColumbusHyper-velocity, Cour-Palais, Crews, Destiny, Development, ESA, Giotto, JAXA, Kibo's, NASANASA Oral History Project, Nextel/Kevlar, Oral History Project, Skylab, Whipple ShieldsMeteoroid/Debris Protection System
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Whipple shield → Although, In, International Space Station, Kevlar, Multi-shock, Nextel, Stardust, The, There, Whipple

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Whipple shieldrelated to External linksBrief0.60section
Whipple shieldrelated to External linksNASANASA Oral History Project0.60section
Whipple shieldrelated to External linksCour-Palais0.60section
Whipple shieldrelated to External linksApollo0.60section
Whipple shieldrelated to External linksOral History Project0.60section
Whipple shieldrelated to External linksCrews0.60section
Whipple shieldrelated to External linksSkylab0.60section
Whipple shieldrelated to External linksGiotto0.60section
Whipple shieldrelated to External linksNextel/Kevlar0.60section
Whipple shieldrelated to External linksDestiny0.60section
Whipple shieldrelated to External linksWhipple ShieldsMeteoroid/Debris Protection System0.60section
Whipple shieldrelated to External linksDevelopment0.60section

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