Warrior_and_reader t1_j8l94r5 wrote
The asteroid belt is extremely sparse, so it’s not much more dangerous than anywhere else. Impacts will happen, but any human crewed ship that is exploring the solar system will need to be bulky anyway to block radiation, so armoring up won’t change anything.
As far as interstellar travel goes, the simplest method of protection would be to put a large mass in the “front” of the vessel, like a captured asteroid, and let it take the hits.
And in all cases, local, system-wide or even interstellar, radar can be used to detect larger objects at a distance to avoid collisions.
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