There is. That’s why they have a deflector. When you’re going any appreciable fraction of c, which impulse is, even atomic particles are going to cause problems for your starship. The deflector moves things out of the way so your ship doesn’t hit it. If you need to collect that gas you turn off the deflector and turn on the bussard collectors.
Maybe there’s space gas in the future, you don’t know
There is. That’s why they have a deflector. When you’re going any appreciable fraction of c, which impulse is, even atomic particles are going to cause problems for your starship. The deflector moves things out of the way so your ship doesn’t hit it. If you need to collect that gas you turn off the deflector and turn on the bussard collectors.