Re: Okie Dokie
This sounds slightly silly. I don't think David Palmer means exactly what is written here. If you get cancer a week in space will have shortened your life by about a day? I don't believe this is how risk is assessed and it makes no sense. Besides, it is my understanding that cosmic rays do little damage themselves. It's the secondary particles from there impact on things in the spacecraft environment around you that does the damage to your tissues.
--Chris Vancil