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originally posted by: turbonium1
And the reason it failed, as stated in the Gov't report, was a lack of mature technology, required for this very same mission!!
Which obviously includes Apollo's technology, after they tried using it and failed, and looked for new technology instead, but failed in the effort.
originally posted by: choos
im not excluding them.
i am saying that the radiation dosage received when exposed to it for two weeks is comparatively INSIGNIFICANT.. there are more important design feature to design for than to specifically design a shield to completely protect against GCR's.
originally posted by: choos
originally posted by: turbonium1
And the reason it failed, as stated in the Gov't report, was a lack of mature technology, required for this very same mission!!
Which obviously includes Apollo's technology, after they tried using it and failed, and looked for new technology instead, but failed in the effort.
lack of mature technology?? apollo hardware is outdated its not mature..
and can you show us when and where they tried using it??? can you show us where and when they built Apollo hardware and it didnt live up to what it was supposed to do? perhaps an article showing us that between 1990-2016 somewhere the guberment built a fully operational Saturn V with command module and lunar module and all and when they went to test it it blew up when they pressed the ignition switch.
you are the one saying that they tried to use it and it failed so obviously you have some sort of secret knowledge that no one else has.
We DO know they didn't use it, for sure, and that's all that really matters here.
originally posted by: choos
a reply to: turbonium1
no not for that very reason.. the reason they said was because it was not economically viable to use aluminium as an effective shield.. and it is for this very reason..
im not putting words in their mouth because the report states this clearly.
originally posted by: DJW001
a reply to: turbonium1
The Orion command module will use an aluminum-lithium alloy with a felt-like thermal blanket. The idea is to use low z elements to mitigate the effects of bremstrahlung. There are other options being investigated for long term missions, including wrapping the spacecraft in foam. None of this is relevant to the Apollo missions, which spent less than two weeks in cislunar space.
originally posted by: choos
no you clearly said "after they tried using it and failed", and now you are saying they didnt use it..
make up your mind first before jumping to conclusions.. so which one is it??
originally posted by: DJW001
a reply to: turbonium1
Airplanes have obvious economic benefits, so that is a bad example. How about this: Let's say someone wanted to descend to the deepest part of the ocean. It would require the development and construction of expensive, specialized equipment that does not have any real economic application. Once someone succeeds in doing it, it might be half a century before someone else has the money and motivation to do it again... and that is exactly what happened.
originally posted by: DJW001
a reply to: turbonium1
The Orion command module will use an aluminum-lithium alloy with a felt-like thermal blanket. The idea is to use low z elements to mitigate the effects of bremstrahlung. There are other options being investigated for long term missions, including wrapping the spacecraft in foam. None of this is relevant to the Apollo missions, which spent less than two weeks in cislunar space.
Aluminum could not have shielded astronauts going to the moon, which Apollo claimed to do. Not possible.