It is concluded that it is probably not worth while taking any special precautions against meteors for relatively short voyages such as to moon; for space stations or interplanetary rockets, meteors probably represent real danger, but it is one which can be neutralized, or greatly reduced, by simple means; factors tabulated for meteors of various magnitudes are: average number of hits per hour, number of hours between hits, probably of at least one hit per 24 hr.
Meteors as danger to space-flight
Brit Interplanetary Soc -- J
1949
6 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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