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Originally Posted by cmccuist
I've always wondered what would happen if the space shuttle hit some debris. Isn't it travelling at about 17,000 mph?
What if they were circling the earth in the opposite direction as that bag of tools and they slammed into it. Wouldn't that be 'game over, man?"
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For now, that tool bag is orbiting with the shuttle.
There's quite a bit of other "game-ending" stuff up there . . .
IIRC, there is some provisioning for small, fast moving debris on the shuttles and the ISS.