Activity for WhippleCuriousâ€
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How wide would a Whipple shield on spacecraft traveling at near-luminal speeds need to be? I was thinking about the classic beanpole design for interstellar travel. Wouldn't the Whipple shield need to be at least twice as wide as the ship is long to fully protect it from collisions with interstellar matter? In my head, the scenario is as such. Assume the ship is moving at a speed approxima... (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |