This is what a spacecraft's wall looks like after an impact with a space debris of ~1.2 cm Ø at a speed of 21,760 km/h. https://hasanjasim.online/spacecraft-protection-and-hypervelocity-impacts/?fbclid=IwAR3qQnhSAfPECnQk_F8owTWolVUIAogpF9aV-oCcroyb18h8QkP_3olqHUg
Spacecraft Protection And Hypervelocity Impacts
The consequences of meteoroid and debris impacts on spacecraft can range from small surface pits due to micrometre-size impactors and clear-hole penetrations for millimetre-size objects, to mission-critical damage for projectiles larger than 1 cm. Any impact
