Talk:Whipple shield

removed link to nextel
incorrect link for Nextel, in this artical it refers to a material, not the communication company. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.81.248.6 (talk) 19:03, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Removed "umbrella" sentence
I removed the following sentence: "The shield acts much like an umbrella, effectively disintegrating the particles before they threaten the spacecraft's main body." Umbrellas do not work that way.

Wall Thickness
"As opposed to monolithic shielding of early spacecraft, Whipple shields consist of a relatively thin outer bumper placed a certain distance off of the wall of the spacecraft. This improves the shielding to mass ratio, critical for spaceflight components, but also increases the thickness of the spacecraft walls, which is not ideal for fitting spacecraft into launch vehicle fairings."

I don't see how the Whipple sheild "also increases the thickness of the spacecraft walls." Does it imply that the "spacecraft wall" is the sum of the inner wall (ie the wall proper) + the distance out to the shield + the thickness of the sheild itself? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dawright12 (talk • contribs) 17:26, 8 February 2011 (UTC)

That seems like a very reasonable interpretation. Whipple shield saves weight and not volume. BP OMowe (talk) 01:35, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Odd "extrapolation" in referenced article
I don't know if this is a sensible place to discuss this, but does anyone else find the "extrapolation" mentioned in the JAXA article on Kibo's shields highly odd given the context? The article states that the tests were in the range 2.5 km/sec to 6 km/sec. In the chart showing the curve extrapolated from these tests, there are severe corners right at the ends of that region and wildly different shapes outside it. Perhaps someone could explain why the graph has the shape? I imagine there must be models that suggest it, but the article doesn't explain at all, and in the absence of explanation it sure looks like a non-sequitur. --76.15.125.150 (talk) 01:23, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Different or annotated artwork
The current included image does not adequately illustrate what a Whipple shield is or looks like - even after reading the article, the image is incomprehensible to me (a university-educated adult with 20/20 eyesight). An annotated image, with the shield and other components clearly labeled, would go far in improving this article.12.146.44.50 (talk) 18:26, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

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