Re: Article from space.com -- "Deadly Radiation Spurs Life"

[Jim Muckerheide <jmuckerheide@delphi.com>]

Hi Scott,

Note that the source was a science paper in the Jan 27 Nature.

Regards, Jim
muckerheide@mediaone.net
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Scott D Kniffin wrote:
> 
> Jim,
> 
> What this poor reporter is probably using as a reference was a NASA press
> release from the recent flybys.  The press release was in typical NASA
> tekie speak and referred to the radiation belts around Jupiter that are
> much the same as our Van Allen Belts, just a whole lot stronger.  In this
> case, the dose received by the Galileo space craft in each flyby would be
> fatal to a human.  If you saw/read all the reports, it was almost fatal to
> the spacecraft; one instrument is still having problems and the main solid
> state memory module has some neat glitches that ground controllers had to
> program around.  I'd have to go searching to get the exact dose (I get
> around 15 NASA briefs/day) but it was definitely in the human lethal range
> (on the order of 100's of rads of high LET).  If I can find it, I'll post
> it.
> 
> Scott Kniffin
> 
> RSO Unisys Federal Systems, Lanham, MD
> CHO Radiation Effects Facility, GSFC, NASA
> mailto:Scott.D.Kniffin.1@gsfc.nasa.gov
> 
> The opinions expressed here are my own. They do not necessarily represent
> the views of Unisys or NASA.  This material has not been reviewed by my
> manager or NASA.
> 
> At 09:07 01/27/00 -0600, you wrote:
> >RADSAFER's, RAD RAPper's, etc.
> >I ran across the following article (a portion
> >of which is copied below) at the
> >space.com web site this morning while
> >doing my daily news search ... does
> >anyone else see find the juxtaposition of
> >"deadly radiation" and "providing fuel for
> >life" kind of odd? Guess the press can't
> >just use the word "radiation" without
> >prefacing it with "deadly".
> >
> >The URL for the full article is:
> >http://www.space.com/science/solarsystem/europa_life_000126.html
> >Jim Hardeman, Manager
> >Environmental Radiation Program
> >Environmental Protection Division
> >Georgia Department of Natural Resources
> >4244 International Parkway, Suite 114
> >Atlanta, GA 30354
> >(404) 362-2675  fax: (404) 362-2653
> >Jim_Hardeman@mail.dnr.state.ga.us
> >
> >==========
> >
> >Jupiter's Deadly Radiation Could
> >Power Life On Europa
> >
> >Scientists Look to Jupiter's Moon for
> >Possible Life
> >
> >In the search for microbial life on Jupiter's
> >icy moon Europa, a new idea has
> >emerged, suggesting that heavy doses of
> >lethal radiation surrounding the massive
> >planet might spur chemical reactions on its
> >tiny satellite, providing fuel for life in the
> >suspected liquid ocean below.
> 
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