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by grapescheesee 825 days ago
What is the non governement standard/target going to be set at? Do private companies need to adhere to the 'new' NASA limit?
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Regulations will appear. There are already regulations about radiation exposure that will be immediately extended into space travel if no regulatory body acts quickly enough.

A short search gave me this number, apparently for the US:

> 20 mSv a year, averaged over defined periods of 5 years with no single year >50 mSv

This basically prohibits paid-for space labor.

Surely in such unusual circumstances any limits must be set as part of a cost benefit analysis from the point of view of the person concerned. One person might be rationally willing to risk higher exposure in the pursuit of knowledge.