Radiation exposures during space flight and their measurement
The paper reviews radiation exposures recorded during space flights of the U.S. and USSR. Most of the data are from manned missions and include discussion of absorbed dose and dose rates as a function of parameters such as altitude, inclination, spacecraft type and shielding. Preliminary data exist on the neutron and HZE-particle component, as well as the LET spectra. For low earth-orbit missions, the dose encountered is strongly altitude-dependent, with a weaker dependence upon inclination. The doses range from about 6 millirad per day for the Space Transportation System No. 3 flight to about 90 mrad per day for Skylab. The effective quality factor (QF) for the near-earth orbits and free space has been estimated to be about 1.5 and about 5.5 respectively. Complete shielding from the galactic cosmic rays does not appear practical because of spacecraft weight limitations. 12 references.
- Research Organization:
- San Francisco Univ., CA
- OSTI ID:
- 6131005
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-820582-
- Journal Information:
- Adv. Space Res.; (United States), Vol. 3; Conference: 24. COSPAR meeting (Committee on Space Research), Ottawa, Canada, 17 May 1982
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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