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Space Radiation Concerns for Manned Exploration by Michael Stanford; Jeffrey A Jones is a Engineering article available to read on EtoBox.

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AbstractÐSpace ̄ight exposes astronaut crews to natural ionizing radiation. To date, exposures in manned space ̄ight have been well below the career limits recommended to NASA by the National Council of Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP). This will not be the case for long-duration exploratory class missions. Additionally, International Space Station (ISS) crews will receive higher doses than earlier ̄ight crews. Uncertainties in our understanding of long-term bioeects, as well as updated analyses of the Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Chernobyl tumorigenesis data, have prompted the NCRP to recommend further reductions by 30±50% for career dose limit guidelines. Intelligent spacecraft design and material selection can provide a shielding strategy capable of maintaining crew exposures within recommended guidelines. Current studies on newer radioprotectant compounds may ®nd combinations of agents which further diminish the risk of radiation-induced bioeects to the crew.

Who reads Space Radiation Concerns for Manned Exploration?

Author

Michael Stanford; Jeffrey A Jones

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier Ltd.; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0094-5765)

Published

1999

Language

EN

Field

Engineering (Physical Sciences)