Yeah but the chances of that happening is astronomically tiny. As Mars Pathfinder said the asteroid belt is extremely sparse. An asteroid in the belt is on average about a million kilometers away from its neighbors at any time.
It is not dangerous. Asteroids are spaced out by billions of kilometers and most of them have trajectories that have already been calculated. It is NOT like you see in the movies with thousands of tiny asteroids coming out of nowhere to hit you. Not to mention that a change of orbital plane in solar orbit to avoid the Asteroid Belt would be tremendously expensive in Terms of DeltaV. Like... thousands and thousands of meters per second of DeltaV.
It is not dangerous. Asteroids are spaced out by billions of kilometers and most of them have trajectories that have already been calculated. It is NOT like you see in the movies with thousands of tiny asteroids coming out of nowhere to hit you. Not to mention that a change of orbital plane in solar orbit to avoid the Asteroid Belt would be tremendously expensive in Terms of DeltaV. Like... thousands and thousands of meters per second of DeltaV.
Yes, but spacecraft might have thrusters (if does not have any, it will have its fast velocity and dodges it) and will dodge the unnoticed asteroid. And when you say its dangerous, imagine that space debris hitting the iss again but 10 times faster.
Yes, but spacecraft might have thrusters (if does not have any, it will have its fast velocity and dodges it) and will dodge the unnoticed asteroid. And when you say its dangerous, imagine that space debris hitting the iss again but 10 times faster.