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PerfectPercentage69 t1_ixm45p6 wrote

You don't need a high tech solution when a low tech one works. It's called a Whipple Shield

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SaxyOmega90125 t1_ixmsacq wrote

All these comments talking about overly optimistic use of lasers and what various sci-fi authors have made up and essentially just blathering away, and then there's this one comment two sentences long with the actual technology that already does this job on actual spacecraft.

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PerfectPercentage69 t1_ixoyfme wrote

As an engineer (not aerospace though), I'm a huge fan of the KISS principle.

Keep It Simple Stupid!

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