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Astronaut Exposures to Ionizing Radiation in a Lightly-Shielded Spacesuit
Technical Paper
1999-01-2173
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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The normal working and living areas of the astronauts are designed to provide an acceptable level of protection against the hazards of ionizing radiation of the space environment. Still there are occasions when they must don a spacesuit designed mainly for environmental control and mobility and leave the confines of their better-protected domain. This is especially true for deep space exploration. The impact of spacesuit construction on the exposure of critical astronaut organs will be examined in the ionizing radiation environments of free space, the lunar surface and the Martian surface. The computerized anatomical male model is used to evaluate astronaut self-shielding factors and to determine space radiation exposures to critical radiosensitive human organs.
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Wilson, J., Simonsen, L., Shinn, J., Kim, M. et al., "Astronaut Exposures to Ionizing Radiation in a Lightly-Shielded Spacesuit," SAE Technical Paper 1999-01-2173, 1999, https://doi.org/10.4271/1999-01-2173.Also In
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