Dose Limits and Countermeasures for Mitigating Radiation Risk in Moon and Mars Exploration
After decades of research on low-Earth orbit, national space agencies and private entrepreneurs are investing in exploration of the Solar system. The main health risk for human space exploration is late toxicity caused by exposure to cosmic rays. On Earth, the exposure of radiation workers is regula...
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| description | After decades of research on low-Earth orbit, national space agencies and private entrepreneurs are investing in exploration of the Solar system. The main health risk for human space exploration is late toxicity caused by exposure to cosmic rays. On Earth, the exposure of radiation workers is regulated by dose limits and mitigated by shielding and reducing exposure times. For space travel, different international space agencies adopt different limits, recently modified as reviewed in this paper. Shielding and reduced transit time are currently the only practical solutions to maintain acceptable risks in deep space missions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fb789cad74694ac08d6f7768f301641e2023-11-30T21:59:52ZengMDPI AGPhysics2624-81742022-02-014117218410.3390/physics4010013Dose Limits and Countermeasures for Mitigating Radiation Risk in Moon and Mars ExplorationDaria Boscolo0Marco Durante1Biophysics Department, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, GermanyBiophysics Department, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, GermanyAfter decades of research on low-Earth orbit, national space agencies and private entrepreneurs are investing in exploration of the Solar system. The main health risk for human space exploration is late toxicity caused by exposure to cosmic rays. On Earth, the exposure of radiation workers is regulated by dose limits and mitigated by shielding and reducing exposure times. For space travel, different international space agencies adopt different limits, recently modified as reviewed in this paper. Shielding and reduced transit time are currently the only practical solutions to maintain acceptable risks in deep space missions.https://www.mdpi.com/2624-8174/4/1/13space travelgalactic cosmic radiationshieldingnuclear propulsion |
| spellingShingle | Daria Boscolo Marco Durante Dose Limits and Countermeasures for Mitigating Radiation Risk in Moon and Mars Exploration Physics space travel galactic cosmic radiation shielding nuclear propulsion |
| title | Dose Limits and Countermeasures for Mitigating Radiation Risk in Moon and Mars Exploration |
| title_full | Dose Limits and Countermeasures for Mitigating Radiation Risk in Moon and Mars Exploration |
| title_fullStr | Dose Limits and Countermeasures for Mitigating Radiation Risk in Moon and Mars Exploration |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dose Limits and Countermeasures for Mitigating Radiation Risk in Moon and Mars Exploration |
| title_short | Dose Limits and Countermeasures for Mitigating Radiation Risk in Moon and Mars Exploration |
| title_sort | dose limits and countermeasures for mitigating radiation risk in moon and mars exploration |
| topic | space travel galactic cosmic radiation shielding nuclear propulsion |
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