Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watmath!att!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!njin!princeton!udel!mvac23!thomas From: thomas@mvac23.UUCP (Thomas Lapp) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Possible interaction with meteors? Message-ID: <70.UUL1.3#5131@mvac23.UUCP> Date: 10 Aug 89 01:37:59 GMT Reply-To: mvac23!thomas@udel.edu Organization: MultiVac23, Newark, DE, U.S.A. Lines: 18 The space shuttle mission now underway (as of Wednesday) has been predicted to last until Sunday. Somewhere else I read that one of the better meteor showers will peak on Saturday morning just before dawn. I realize that there is a LOT of space up there at the orbit of the shuttle, but are the risks increased that the shuttle would be hit by a meteor much larger than the 'micrometeors' that most spacecraft are subject to? (much larger meaning 1/2-1 cm as opposed to dust size) - tom ============================================================================== Internet: mvac23!thomas@udel.edu | Why wait for something or | to happen, when, by mvac23%thomas@udel.edu | exercising the rights uucp: {ucbvax,mcvax,psuvax1,uunet}!udel!mvac23!thomas| you have, you can MAKE Location: Newark, DE, USA | it happen? ==============================================================================