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Space Radiation (Part I)
Published on 6 Oct 2009 at 10:36 am.
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Filed under cosmic rays, space exploration, space radiation.
This past weekend, I attended a symposium on space radiation. This is an interesting topic, and I’ve written about it before. But, space radiation is not confined to space. Cosmic rays raining down on Earth also create secondary radiation that impacts air travelers. I have received a number of comments on several of my posts […]
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Too much radiation?
Published on 31 Mar 2008 at 11:57 am.
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Filed under cosmic rays, space exploration.
On Space.com’s web site, I read an article today suggesting that radiation exposure for astronauts might be too much for long duration space missions. Though radiation exposure to astronauts is a real concern, it isn’t really news. Radiation exposure is something that has been a concern since the very first days of spaceflight. […]
Cosmic Radiation and Airline Crew Radiation Exposure
Published on 17 Jul 2006 at 11:12 pm.
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Filed under aeronautics, cosmic rays, physics, travel.
I had an idea to write about cosmic rays and cosmic ray exposure, but this post turned out to be a much larger project than I thought. Below you will find information about cosmic rays themselves, as well as the exposure that airline crews experience due to cosmic rays.
A century ago, scientists were just […]
