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by p1esk 2278 days ago
According to https://hps.org/publicinformation/ate/q11162.html

“It takes a radiation dose of about 5 Sv to cause death to most people. Diodes and computer chips will show very little functional detriment up to about 50 to 100 Sv“.

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It's to note that "little functional detriment" contributes to a catastrophic failure in a digital system. A flip of a single bit can fell the thing you're trying to operate. Humans respond with much more delay and can usually complete most any mission, even if they die of complications later.