Just as shipping and air travel has become safer through the years, so to will space travel become as we test new methods and reach for the stars.Previous Post Blocking Space Radiation in Deep Spaceīlocking space radiation is one of the critical concerns for the continued human presence in deep space. This is just the beginning of a magnificent age of space travel. These shielding methods will be very important while the shuttle is in transit since thickening of the haul is not really and options since is will increase the weight of the ship. The Johnson Space Center Team is also developing shielding methods that do not involve using soil or regolith. The moon is the perfect practice ground for the situations before that 6-10 month flight is taking out to Mars. The deeper you tunnel the more protection there will be provided during the potentially dangerous situations. The reason why the radiation blocking material isn’t just simply sent up in our rockets is because there will be a massive expensive payload due to the weight of the material. The larger the barrier of material the more protection that is provided to the astronauts. On the moon, there is raw materials such as the soil which can be piled on top of the shelter to protect them from the radiation. One of the ways to protect astronauts from dangerous SEP’s is to build a thick material barrier between them and the radiation.
Space lifeguards will tell astronauts when dangerous SEP’s are coming there way. One of the ways to protect astronauts is to appoint what they call space lifeguards. The alarm system against Solar Energy Particles But during maximums, most of the radiation danger is coming directly from our own Sun. But during minimums there is a higher danger of solar radiation coming from deep space. These cycles go through minimums and maximums.ĭuring minimums the sun goes through less sunspot activity and has fewer solar storms occur. Space forecasting is a method in which people will watch the sun to track when solar flares and solar storms may bombard astronauts. Mars also lacks a magnetic field! 11 Year Cycles of sun spots Protection from SEP’s during a 6-10 month trip to Mars will be very important since we will be far away from Earth’s magnetic field.
When we travel outside of the Earths Magnetic Field, our exposure to SEP’s significantly increases. These particles come from the sun during solar storms or solar flares and can damage your DNA and cause cancers.
Flights to the moon will allow us to test out our methods to block SEP’s which stand for Solar Energy Particles. But in order to prepare for the trip back to Mars we must get back to the moon. Mankind has been to the moon and back! Our next quest is to travel to Mars. How to protect astronauts from space radiation Protecting Astronauts From Solar Radiation
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