Yes, There do seem to be quite a few places on the outside now where
astronauts on space walks are being told to be careful of sharp hazards due
to micrometeorite dings...

The risk must be hard to actually quantify, since nobody seems to know the
density and size of space rocks. I suppose it could just as easily be a bit
of debris instead, but one would imagine the energy levels of those would be
lower since most are in earth orbit, unless they are orbiting in the other
direction I guess.
Brian

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Provided some catastrophe does not occur. Listening to Mr Hadfield on TV
here in the UK last night he said that in the quieter parts of the
statiion
you could hear things impacting the outside quite a lit and of course as
they were pretty small it did not cause any problems, but sooner or later
one supposed something a little bigger might come along despite all the
tracking.

It's a possibility, to be sure, but so far it's not been an issue for
ISS or any prior LEO space station.

Jeff
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