Whipple shield
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The Whipple shield or Whipple bumper, invented by Fred Whipple, is a type of hypervelocity impact shield used to protect manned and unmanned spacecraft from collisions with micrometeoroids and orbital debris whose velocities generally range between .
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- Related: Spaced armor
| Brief descriptions of spacecraft shielding by NASA Brief descriptions of spacecraft shielding by NASA hitf.jsc.nasa.gov/hitfpub/shielddev/basicconcepts.html - Web |
| B.G. Cour-Palais' reminisces of the Apollo meteoro... B.G. Cour-Palais' reminisces of the Apollo meteoroid protection program www.jsc.nasa.gov/.../Cour-PalaisBG_3-1-04.pdf - Web |
| The Skylab meteoroid shield design and development The Skylab meteoroid shield design and development history.nasa.gov/skylabrep/SRcover.htm - Web |
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| ESA Giotto dust shield ESA Giotto dust shield www.esa.int/export/SPECIALS/Space_Year_2007/SEMIZWXTVKG_0.html - Web |
| J.L. Crews' recounting of the invention of the mul... J.L. Crews' recounting of the invention of the multi-shock shield, p. 21-29 www.jsc.nasa.gov/.../CrewsJL_8-6-07.pdf - Web |
| Installing the Nextel/Kevlar blankets in the Desti... Installing the Nextel/Kevlar blankets in the Destiny laboratory stuffed Whipple Shields mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=21624 - Web |
| Meteoroid/Debris Protection System Development at ... Meteoroid/Debris Protection System Development at ESA for ATV and Columbus www.esa.int/TEC/Structures/SEM1TQLJC0F_0.html - Web |
| Hyper-velocity impact test at JAXA of Kibo's debri... Hyper-velocity impact test at JAXA of Kibo's debris shield iss.jaxa.jp/iss/kibo/develop_status_09_e.html - Web |
