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by GlenTheMachine
2718 days ago
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The Apollo astronauts a) were inside a spaceship, not performing an EVA; and b) passed through the Van Allen belts pretty quickly; and c) the Apollo trajectory was actually optimized to expose astronauts to the least amount of radiation possible. This is a pretty good discussion: https://www.popsci.com/blog-network/vintage-space/apollo-roc... Unfortunately the references I have for the “one hour” claim (which, to be fair, has a lot of uncertainty associated with it - it depends on the current space weather, where you are wrt your spacecraft, the engineering of your space suit, etc.) are all behind paywalls. Here’s one, if you can get it: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4613-1567-... |
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