What Does Micrometeoroid Damage do to Gossamer Structures Like Webb's Sunshield?

Tiny little bullets flood the solar system, each micrometeoroid a potential hazard. New research has found that the James Webb Space Telescope’s thin sunshields, and future inflatable spacecraft, may be at risk. Micrometeoroids on Steroids A micrometeoroid is a tiny bit of space junk usually weighing less than a gram. Some of them are the …