Spaceflight 🚀Dec 19, 2022

There is no #radiation #shelter at the #LunarGateway but only instruments #measuring it.

"During a future #Artemis mission, if a solar ☀️ radiation squall were to occur while #astronauts are beyond #Earth’s magnetic bubble, they might tell the crew to #build a temporary shelter" https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/how-nasa-protects-astronauts-from-space-radiation-at-moon-mars-solar-cosmic-rays

#ESA’s IDA, instruments provided by #JAXA, will fly inside #HALO* to #study potential radiation inside #Gateway https://www.nasa.gov/feature/gateway-a-deep-space-home-and-so-much-more

*Habitation and Logistics Outpost https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitation_and_Logistics_Outpost

#HumanSpaceflightHealth #RadiationProtection #SpaceStation #SpaceAgency

How NASA Will Protect Astronauts From Space Radiation at the Moon

Space radiation is a critical factor for astronaut safety as they venture to the Moon. NASA is exploring a variety of techniques and technology to mitigate different types of radiation during space travel.

NASA
Show threadSpaceflight 🚀May 1, 2023

#LunarGateway : no #radiation shelter planned.

#ESA : Radiation poses a major #health #risk to people in #space. Astronauts on the #ISS receive doses roughly 120 times higher than on Earth. Away from Earth’s protective magnetic field, #astronauts 👨‍🚀 receive roughly 250 times 📈 more radiation than a person on #Earth 🌍" https://blogs.esa.int/exploration/internal-radiation-payload-approved-for-the-gateway

#NASA : "During a future #Artemis mission, if a solar ☀️ radiation squall were to occur while #astronauts are beyond #Earth’s magnetic bubble, they might tell the crew to #build a temporary shelter 📦" https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/how-nasa-protects-astronauts-from-space-radiation-at-moon-mars-solar-cosmic-rays

#HumanSpaceflightHealth #RadiationProtection

Picture : https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2023/03/Gateway_blueprint

Internal radiation payload approved for the Gateway – ESA – Exploration

Show threadDonald F Robertson
@spaceflight Why not just mount the crew's drinking water tanks around a small room.
Nov 26, 2023 at 3:47pmWeb
Show threadSpaceflight 🚀Nov 26, 2023
@DonaldFR sure, why not https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23230-mars-trip-to-use-astronaut-poo-as-radiation-shield/
Mars trip to use astronaut poo as radiation shield

To protect themselves from cosmic rays the couple aboard the proposed Inspiration mission to Mars will line the craft's walls with water, food – and their own faeces

New Scientist