Whipple shield
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type of hypervelocity impact shield used on spacecraft
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Within Vinony's link graph, Whipple shield is referenced by 24 other articles, and connects out to space debris, NASA and International Space Station.
It sits within the topics Shields and Spacecraft components.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
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space debris
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NASA
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International Space Station
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spacecraft
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digital object identifier
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aluminium oxide
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bibcode
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Kevlar
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3M
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Stardust
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Fred Lawrence Whipple
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payload fairing
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micrometeoroid
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double hull
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spaced armour
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Hypervelocity
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