Space elevator radiation hazards and how to mitigate them.

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2004

OSTI ID:977890

Jorgensen, A M ^[1]; Gassend, B; Friedel, R H. W. ^[2]; Cayton, T E ^[3]; Patamia, S E ^[4]

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1. Anders M.
2. Reiner H. W.
3. Thomas E.
4. Steven E.

The conclusions of this paper are: (1) the radiation field is severe; (2) shielding with aluminium is not economical; (3) shielding with a magnetic field may be feasible; (4) reducing dose by going gaster is not very effective; (5) larger/heavier climbers are more efficient when shielding with a heavy material (contrary requirement to talk by Ben Shelef); (6) climber mass and cost to orbit are impacted; and (7) power requirement could be impacted.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 977890
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-04-6986; TRN: US201012%%794
• Resource Relation: Conference: Submitted to: Space Elevator Radiation Hazards, AIAA 2004 Congress, Vancouver, Canada, October 5, 2004
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY
ALUMINIUM
ELEVATORS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
RADIATION HAZARDS
RADIATIONS
SHIELDING