Warrior_and_reader
Warrior_and_reader t1_j8l94r5 wrote
The asteroid belt is extremely sparse, so it’s not much more dangerous than anywhere else. Impacts will happen, but any human crewed ship that is exploring the solar system will need to be bulky anyway to block radiation, so armoring up won’t change anything.
As far as interstellar travel goes, the simplest method of protection would be to put a large mass in the “front” of the vessel, like a captured asteroid, and let it take the hits.
And in all cases, local, system-wide or even interstellar, radar can be used to detect larger objects at a distance to avoid collisions.
Warrior_and_reader t1_j6snpwp wrote
Reply to comment by _WardenoftheWest_ in NASA is funding ideas for a Titan seaplane and faster deep space travel by fchung
It’s great to discover things we don’t know; it gives us the opportunity to learn more.
Warrior_and_reader t1_j8yt9ug wrote
Reply to comment by Tileren in Which spacecraft has travelled farthest from Earth and retuned? by MBen7
That and soon OSIRIS-REx’s sample from Bennu (though that won’t land for a few months). I don’t know which was further.