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Space radiation and tourism beyond LEO
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Roger Stokes wrote: With heavy shielding (a foot+ of aluminum around the crew section) to survive a slow spiral through the belts... But wouldn't you need that shielding anyway, in case of a solar storm? Not really. Solar storms are infrequent and brief, so you can use a relatively small "storm shelter" area during them. -- MOST launched 30 June; first light, 29 July; 5arcsec | Henry Spencer pointing, 10 Sept; first science, early Oct; all well. | |
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Space radiation and tourism beyond LEO
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Mike Miller wrote: And then there's the issue of radiation direction. I think belt radiation is omni-directional, or at least multi-directional. It has some directionality, but nothing that's particularly useful unless you're in LEO (where the directionality is quite strong because you're just above the atmosphere). ...On the other hand, I think solar storm radiation comes from more or less one direction: the sun. Unfortunately incorrect. The particles in a solar proton cloud are orbiting the internal magnetic fields of the cloud, so the radiation is effectively omnidirectional unless you are very close to a planetary surface. -- MOST launched 30 June; first light, 29 July; 5arcsec | Henry Spencer pointing, 10 Sept; first science, early Oct; all well. | |
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Space radiation and tourism beyond LEO
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Mike Miller wrote: And then there's the issue of radiation direction. I think belt radiation is omni-directional, or at least multi-directional. It has some directionality, but nothing that's particularly useful unless you're in LEO (where the directionality is quite strong because you're just above the atmosphere). ...On the other hand, I think solar storm radiation comes from more or less one direction: the sun. Unfortunately incorrect. The particles in a solar proton cloud are orbiting the internal magnetic fields of the cloud, so the radiation is effectively omnidirectional unless you are very close to a planetary surface. -- MOST launched 30 June; first light, 29 July; 5arcsec | Henry Spencer pointing, 10 Sept; first science, early Oct; all well. | |
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