Nature 330, 709 - 710 (31 December 1987); doi:10.1038/330709a0

Radiation hazards on space missions

John R. Letaw, Rein Silberberg & C.H. Tsao

Severn Communications Corporation, PO Box 544, Severna Park, Maryland 21146, USA.
E.O. Hulburt Center for Space Research, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA.

On the ambitious forays into space currently being contemplated, astronauts would encounter unfamiliar radiation environments. The risk of undue exposure would be diminished by spacecraft shielding.

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