[ RadSafe ] Cosmic Radiation

[Howard Long]

Did any of the moon missions encounter solar flares and record data to predict
mars mission rem and rate?

Howard Long

howard.long at comcast.net

On Aug 3, 2012, at 5:46 PM, S L Gawarecki <slgawarecki at gmail.com> wrote:

> ...
> For the past nine months, Curiosity has been acting as a stunt double for
> astronauts, exposing itself to the same cosmic radiation humans would
> experience following the same route to Mars.
> 
> "Curiosity has been hit by five major flares and solar particle events in
> the Earth-Mars expanse," says Don Hassler of the Southwest Research
> Institute in Boulder, Colorado. "The rover is safe, and it has been beaming
> back invaluable data."
> 
> For full story, see
> http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/02aug_rad2/
> _______________________________________________
> You are currently subscribed to the RadSafe mailing list
> 
> Before posting a message to RadSafe be sure to have read and understood the RadSafe rules. These can be found at: http://health.phys.iit.edu/radsaferules.html
> 
> For information on how to subscribe or unsubscribe and other settings visit: http://health.phys.iit.edu