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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2017
The United States of America As Represented BY the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC (US);
Steven L. Rickman, League City, TX (US);
W. Lance Richards, Palmdale, CA (US);
Anthony Piazza, Palmdale, CA (US);
Eric L. Christiansen, Houston, TX (US);
Francisco Pena, Pasadena, CA (US);
Allen R. Parker, Jr., Lancaster, CA (US);
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF NASA, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments may provide a strain-sensing apparatus configured to be attached to a micrometeoroid and orbital debris (MMOD) shielding layer and data collection equipment in communication with the strain-sensing apparatus configured to detect an occurrence, a time, a location, and/or a severity of a MMOD strike on the MMOD shielding layer. The various embodiments may enable detection and/or location of potentially harmful MMOD strikes on both human occupied and unmanned spacecraft.