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by Vecr 792 days ago
Are you sure about that? It's not literally Rods From the Gods but it's a high density high heat resistance metal chunk, going very fast.
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I’m not certain, no. But I’d be curious to see. In my building, each floor is around 20–30 cm thick concrete.
If a barrier can stop a .50 cal BMG, then it should be sufficient to stop space debris. 20-30 cm of concrete should be enough.
I have no idea how fast it was going when it hit, but as it is more than 10x the mass of a 50 cal, I wouldn't rely on the assumption that protection from the latter is also protection from the former.