Atomic-6 has developed Space Armor tiles that protect satellites from hypersonic space debris traveling at over 4.35 miles per second while remaining radio transparent unlike traditional aluminum shields. The one-foot-by-one-foot polymer tiles, developed over 18 months, can handle 90 percent of probable space debris up to 3mm in diameter and produce far less secondary debris than conventional Whipple Shields, according to CEO Trevor Smith, who calls them "the first radomes th