Author: Myung-Hee Y. KimPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Shielding (Radiation)
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Performance Study of Galactic Cosmic Ray Shield Materials
Author: Myung-Hee Y. KimPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Shielding (Radiation)
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
A Proposed Performance Index for Galactic Cosmic Ray Shielding Materials
Author: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781725017238
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
In past studies, the reductions in absorbed dose and dose equivalent due to choice of material composition have been used to indicate shield effectiveness against exposure to galactic cosmic rays. However, these quantities are highly inaccurate in assessing shield effectiveness for protection against the biological effects of long-term exposure to the galactic heavy ions. A new quantity for shield performance is defined that correlates well with cell killing and cell transformation behind various shield thicknesses and materials. In addition, a relative performance index is identified that is inversely related to biological injury for different materials at a fixed shield mass and is directly related to the ratio of the fourth- and the second-order linear energy transfer (LET) moments. Wilson, John W. and Wood, J. S. and Shinn, Judy L. and Cucinotta, Francis A. and Nealy, John E. Langley Research Center NASA-TM-4444, L-17199, NAS 1.15:4444 RTOP 592-43-21-01...
A Proposed Performance Index for Galactic Cosmic Ray Shielding Materials
Author: John William WilsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biology
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Shielding Strategies for Human Space Exploration
Author: John William WilsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Extraterrestrial radiation
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
The purpose of the workshop was to define requirements for the development and evaluation of high performance shield materials and designs and to develop ideas regarding approaches to radiation shielding.
Effects of Fragmentation Parameter Variations on Estimates of Galactic Cosmic Ray Exposure
Author: Comparison of Martian Meteorites and Martian Regolith as Shield Materials for Galactic Cosmic Rays
Author: Myung-Hee Y. KimPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Galactic cosmic rays
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
Encyclopedia of Bioastronautics
Author: Laurence R. YoungPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 9783319121901
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This comprehensive encyclopedia serves the needs of biomedical researchers, space mission planners and engineers, aerospace medicine physicians, graduate students, and professors interested in obtaining an up-to-date and readable introduction to bioastronautics, the science of humans in space. Following the excitement and progress of the birth of the space age in the fifties and sixties, with the successes in human space flight – culminating with the Moon landings – the field of bioastronautics retreated into the more workmanlike arena of successively longer stays in low Earth orbit. At this time, major new initiatives are ahead both in human and robotic space exploration. The International Space Station, along with the developing Chinese space station and lunar program, will permit the development and testing of the means of astronaut protection for long duration missions – eventually to Mars and its moons, as well as visits to asteroids, other NEOs, and the Lagrange points. New life support systems and innovative approaches to radiation protection beyond Earth’s magnetic field will all be developed and tested. Meanwhile, the search for extraterrestrial life, past or even present, is accelerating – with the spectacular finds of Martian water and the discovery of potentially habitable extra-solar planets. A new generation of scientists is ready to attack a new set of problems, and is in need of an efficient, accurate and searchable means of discovering the essentials of the field. This reference work also covers the challenges, past achievements, and potential solutions inherent to the safe exploration of distant space and the search for life off our planet. The entries summarize the tertiary literature and include sufficient data and illustrations to introduce each topic, while avoiding the length and detail of scientific review articles.
Biological Effects and Physics of Solar and Galactic Cosmic Radiation Part B
Author: Charles E. SwenbergPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461529166
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 938
Book Description
Space missions subject human beings or any other target of a spacecraft to a radiation environment of an intensity and composition not available on earth. Whereas for missions in low earth orbit (LEO), such as those using the Space Shuttle or Space Station scenario, radiation exposure guidelines have been developed and have been adopted by spacefaring agencies, for exploratory class missions that will take the space travellers outside the protective confines of the geomagnetic field sufficient guidelines for radiation protection are still outstanding. For a piloted Mars mission, the whole concept of radiation protection needs to be reconsidered. Since there is an increasing interest of many nations and space agencies in establishing a lunar base and lor exploring Mars by manned missions, it is both, timely and important to develop appropriate risk estimates and radiation protection guidelines which will have an influence on the design and structure of space vehicles and habitation areas of the extraterrestrial settlements. This book is the result of a multidisciplinary effort to assess the state of art in our knowledge on the radiation situation during deep space missions and on the impact of this complex radiation environment on the space traveller. It comprises the lectures by the faculty members as well as short contributions by the students given at the NATO Advanced Study Institute "Biological Effects and Physics of Solar and Galactic Cosmic Radiation" held in Armacao de Pera, Portugal, 12-23 October, 1991.
Calculations of Cosmic-ray Helium Transport in Shielding Materials
Author: Francis A. CucinottaTesting at the Speed of Light
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 030947082X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 89
Book Description
Spacecraft depend on electronic components that must perform reliably over missions measured in years and decades. Space radiation is a primary source of degradation, reliability issues, and potentially failure for these electronic components. Although simulation and modeling are valuable for understanding the radiation risk to microelectronics, there is no substitute for testing, and an increased use of commercial-off-the- shelf parts in spacecraft may actually increase requirements for testing, as opposed to simulation and modeling. Testing at the Speed of Light evaluates the nation's current capabilities and future needs for testing the effects of space radiation on microelectronics to ensure mission success and makes recommendations on how to provide effective stewardship of the necessary radiation test infrastructure for the foreseeable future.