How Much of a Radiation Dose Did the ISS Crew Just Receive??

"Brad Guth" wrote in message
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| The shielding is actually part of the problem...

No, Brad. Only certain types of shielding are a problem.

| the secondary radiation dosage (TBI includes eyes, brain and
| so forth) of hard x-ray class.

No. You must have read "hard x-ray" in conjunction with the description of
some solar event, decided that sounded like a cool phrase, and now it's your
pet fear-mongering expression whether it applies to any specific situation
or not. Yes, x-rays are produced as secondary radiation when charged
particles strike a heavy atom. But in practical terms for spacecraft
building, for the normal flux or for passage through (not orbits within) the
Van Allen belts the secondary radiation is not biologically significant.

| Somewhere I've got those shuttle exposures of test film that was
| heavily sealed within roughly twice the density of what the shuttle
| crew typically has to work with...

And you utterly ignored the important differences between the shuttle's
orbit and a translunar trajectory. You utterly ignored the important
differences between that dosage and that of a translunar trajectory. You
utterly ignored the important difference in the sensitivity of the film. In
other words, you utterly ignored everything that would decide whether this
was a valid comparison to a moon mission. All you could process was the
fact that some film was taken into space and came back fogged.

Now would be a good time to admit again that you're the "village idiot,"
because in terms of understanding radiation you certainly are.

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