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The Meteoritic Risk to Space Vehicles

The Meteoritic Risk to Space Vehicles. Consideration is given to the distribution of meteoritic material and its rate of fall on the earth as functions of mass and velocity. With a simple theory, the probabilities are calculated that surfaces in space in the neighborhood of the earth may be punctured by meteoric action. A table of data and probabilities is given. It is calculated that a near-earth satellite of radius 20 inches and skin thickness 0.5 mm Al will be punctured on the average of once in five days.

Fred L. Whipple | F. Whipple

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