Submitted by Newgripper1221 t3_124r9sn in space
za419 t1_je2z1hb wrote
Reply to comment by AlarmingConsequence in Damaged Russian Soyuz Capsule Returns to Earth — Roscosmos by Newgripper1221
It's possible. Impacts happen, Soyuz isn't especially well shielded, and Soyuz docks to the "front" of the ISS (the side that faces prograde, into the direction of travel and therefore into the direction where you expect to find high energy stuff to hit)
... Butttt... While the ISS is much better protected and it's entirely plausible that it's not damaged by hits that hurt Soyuz, someone should still notice impact scarring even if the impact has no effect inside the station, and the Soyuz is a small part of the profile of the station - If Soyuz and Progress (same form factor) each take one hit, you'd expect the station to take.... At least five or six, maybe? Just a guess, not a measured statistic... But you see where I'm going with it.
Russian spacecraft getting hit makes sense, only Russian spacecraft and not the station they're attached to is kinda suspicious.
That said, in the interest of perhaps undue (the Ukrainian half of my family would definitely agree it's undue, but that's not how math works) fairness to Russia - Two is not a very large sample. Just because it's unlikely doesn't mean it's out of the question - After all, people have won at roulette before, and likely will continue to.
AlarmingConsequence t1_je35lja wrote
Besides these two back-to-backs, I have not heard of other micrometeorite damage to soyez coolant systems - I am sure others know more than me.
Given that this has been in the news, including testing of the empty descent, this seems novel, and not at all routine. So we are not looking at a sample size of 2, but of ALL Soyuz -- which have been in service for decades, no?
Good observation that the station should provide context on strikes (if not damage).
pmMeAllofIt t1_je58jdk wrote
They don't often notice the strikes inside, the station takes MMOD hits daily.
Just looking at some data- SpaceX dragon 1, missions CRS-1 - CRS-17 spent a total of 410 days exposed at ISS. In those days it collected a total of 246 MMOD impacts. That's an impact on average every 40hrs.Or even worse, the MPLMs in 10 missions with almost 70 exposed days collected 398 impacts. Some of which completely penetrated the hull.
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