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Radiation monitoring equipment dosimeter experiment
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Author | Golightly, Michael J. Quam, William Hardy, Kenneth A. |
| Copyright Year | 1992 |
| Description | Spacecraft crews risk exposure to relatively high levels of ionizing radiation. This radiation may come from charged particles trapped in the Earth's magnetic fields, charged particles released by solar flare activity, galactic cosmic radiation, energetic photons and neutrons generated by interaction of these primary radiations with spacecraft and crew, and man-made sources (e.g., nuclear power generators). As missions are directed to higher radiation level orbits, viz., higher altitudes and inclinations, longer durations, and increased flight frequency, radiation exposure could well become a major factor for crew stay time and career lengths. To more accurately define the radiological exposure and risk to the crew, real-time radiation monitoring instrumentation, which is capable of identifying and measuring the various radiation components, must be flown. This presentation describes a radiation dosimeter instrument which was successfully flown on the Space Shuttle, the RME-3. |
| File Size | 23744797 |
| Page Count | 33 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19930019541 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t4xh4hr1h |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1992-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Instrumentation Geomagnetism Earth Orbital Environments Spacecraft Orbits Dosimeters Solar Flares Neutrons Risk Photons Radiation Dosage Cosmic Rays Energetic Particles Real Time Operation Spacecrews Ionizing Radiation Radiobiology Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |