Researchers modelled the micrometeoroid threat to an Artemis-era Moon base and found an ISS-sized outpost could be struck up to 23,000 times a year, with the fastest particles arriving at 72 kilometres per second — yet modern shielding should stop 99.9997 per cent of them.

A lunar-base model predicts tens of thousands of tiny exterior impacts each year, but only one potential Whipple-shield penetration every 27 to 42 years. The post Researchers modelled the micrometeoroid threat to an Artemis-era Moon base an…

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1. SpaceDaily 30 Aug
   Researchers modelled the micrometeoroid threat to an Artemis-era Moon base and found an ISS-sized outpost could be struck up to 23,000 times a year, with the fastest particles arriving at 72 kilometres per second — yet modern shielding should stop 99.9997 per cent of them. ↗