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Spacesuit Radiation Shield Design Methods
Technical Paper
2006-01-2110
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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Meeting radiation protection requirements during EVA is predominantly an operational issue with some potential considerations for temporary shelter. The issue of spacesuit shielding is mainly guided by the potential of accidental exposure when operational and temporary shelter considerations fail to maintain exposures within operational limits. In this case, very high exposure levels are possible which could result in observable health effects and even be life threatening. Under these assumptions, potential spacesuit radiation exposures have been studied using known historical solar particle events to gain insight on the usefulness of modification of spacesuit design in which the control of skin exposure is a critical design issue and reduction of blood forming organ exposure is desirable. Transition to a new spacesuit design including soft upper-torso and reconfigured life support hardware gives an opportunity to optimize the next generation spacesuit for reduced potential health effects during an accidental exposure.
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Wilson, J., Anderson, B., Cucinotta, F., Ware, J. et al., "Spacesuit Radiation Shield Design Methods," SAE Technical Paper 2006-01-2110, 2006, https://doi.org/10.4271/2006-01-2110.Also In
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