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Does earth orbiting debris that threatens the space station have a particular direction bias?
I'm starting to investigate the danger of orbital debris on the ISS (international space station). One could assume that due to the orbital velocity vector, that any debris that the ISS encounter, ...
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Could a gun fired inside the ISS rupture it?
We know there is at least one gun in the ISS the caliber seems to a state secret.
According to Wikipedia and NASA large pdf there are over 100 shield configurations on the ISS. These would be ...
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Do meteor showers from 209P/LINEAR cometary debris pose a threat to the ISS and other Earth-orbiting satellites?
This is a somewhat similar question to What risk management options are available for Mars orbiters and rovers to mitigate threat of impacting with Siding Spring cometary debris?, only this time much ...
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