Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Detecting Radiation on Lunar and Mars Missions

Astronauts on lunar and Mars missions will need to continually assess their radiation risk and exposure.
Members of the US Naval Academy are working to develop a technology that will continually assess the amount of radiation and gauge the risk from the exposure, as well as alerting crews of high raditaion events. On trips to the Moon and Mars astonauts will lack the protection from radiation that we have here on Earth which is provided by our atmosphere.

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