radiation impact on ability to add

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JimO — 11/29/2006 2:02:23 PM (archived)

"Galactic radiation is high-energy nuclei - roughly 86% protons, 15% alpha particles and the remainder of high atomic number elements"

I agree this is a likely long-term flight hazard, and it even affects brain functions by merely THINKING about it -- or at least, it harms arithmetic functions... (grin!!)...

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Man and space are very incompatible - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/29/2006 12:48:35 PM
- Hawking thinks we must overcome the dependance on Earth. I agree. - Scott Evil - 11/30/2006 2:40:46 PM
- Man and a lot of places are very incompatible - TB - 11/29/2006 6:08:26 PM
  - Actually its shocking how compatible with space we are... - R.L. - 11/29/2006 8:30:04 PM
    - re: For a short time. (n/t) - Raoul - 11/29/2006 8:37:21 PM
- stating the obvious---all about cost to get out of gravity well - Sawyer - 11/29/2006 3:17:42 PM
  - The key will be to divide and multiply Gaia - A. Leftleaner - 11/29/2006 4:40:39 PM
    - Metaman - ljk - 11/29/2006 6:24:33 PM
      - If you look at the space station it really is a fragile single celled organism. - A. Leftleaner - 11/30/2006 2:37:21 PM
- radiation impact on ability to add - JimO - 11/29/2006 2:02:23 PM
  - That's the curse of the desert... - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/29/2006 6:29:23 PM
  - An Overview of the Space Radiation Environment - TB - 11/29/2006 6:13:31 PM
    - All the more reason to build robust spacecraft. - Lee - 11/30/2006 1:08:50 PM
  - Round-off error, no doubt. (n/t) - ER - 11/29/2006 2:25:27 PM
- It's not only hard and expensive, it's dangerous too. - ER - 11/29/2006 1:49:52 PM
  - re: Duration! - Raoul - 11/29/2006 6:57:06 PM

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