[ RadSafe ] Space Travel Risks from Radiation

[JPreisig at aol.com]

Radsafe,
 
      If we insist on using rockets, radiation  will be an issue.
 
      The trick is to travel quickly.
 
      google tr3b
 
      google magnetic field disruptor
 
      USA military space missions are traveling  quickly or will do so soon.
 
      Space elevator indeed...
 
      Joe Preisig
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 5/5/2015 12:45:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
Mike.Brennan at DOH.WA.GOV writes:

I like  that the Wall Street Journal pays attention to science issues.  

I  think the solution to the radiation problem between here and Mars is, in 
part,  a space elevator.  If you decrease the cost of launch you can 
increase  the mass you send, which means you can send more shielding.   

Alternatively, you can make shield that astronauts can wear on their  
heads.  Nice lead ones would be particularly stylish.  

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Subject: [ RadSafe ] Space Travel Risks from  Radiation

This from the  WSJ:

http://www.wsj.com/articles/study-deep-space-radiation-could-damage-astronau
ts-brains-1430503356

A  little confusing.  I thought the end of the paragraph that starts "to  
test the neural effects" was referring to residents of Colorado.   ;-)

Bates Estabrooks
Y-12 NSC
Radiological Control  Engineer

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