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originally posted by: turbonium1
Yes, like there are satellites orbiting Earth, using current technology.
"Current technology" doesn't mean 'Any spacecraft using current technology can fly humans to the moon'...
They do NOT have any spacecraft capable of "completely protecting" humans from space radiation, first of all.
Orion is not capable of flying beyond LEO with humans, just like Apollo was not capable of it, nor have any other spacecraft been capable of it, ever.
As for "going through the VAB", you mean briefly skimming along the lower fringes of the VAB, while in LEO, right?
That's like saying an airplane flew through a hurricane, because it went along the outer fringes of it. Not exactly the same thing, is it?
No. It DOES make it worse than before..
And I'd like you to prove they say it is "still very low".... when they don't even know HOW much worse it becomes, as yet!!
What are you talking about? I never said anything about shielding they had and/or lost...
Kosmos series launches were hidden among classified launches, lumped together with top-secret military spacecraft.
Kosmos-110 long-duration mission reportedly revealed multiple problems with dog's health, As a result, Soviet scientists at the IMBP, in Moscow proposed a whole new program of life-science experiments aimed to advance fundamental understanding of space biology rather than to prepare for other particular missions.
Kosmos-110 was launched into 190 x 882 kilometre orbit carrying the dogs Veterok and Ugolyok.
The inner Van Allen Belt extends typically from an altitude (1,000 km) to (6,000 km) above the Earth.
originally posted by: choos
and finally what is this new feasible new radiation shielding that would make short single trips to the moon possible?? why doesnt the technology world know of this??
originally posted by: turbonium1
They only say that current technology allows for single trips to the moon.
It was never explained, it was dropped into the report out of the blue, let's just move along now, folks.
And if we ALREADY HAVE done manned missions to the moon, then we've already proven to have the technology for those missions. But they don't mention it. They just say that "current technology" "allows for" these missions.
So why would they say 'current technology' allows for it? They are saying "current technology" should work - "allows" for it. Not that it is PROVEN to work, just "allows for it".
They ignore the technology PROVEN to work, but mention technology that ALLOWS FOR IT, in a report about sending humans into deep space, which was only done with the PROVEN technology, that they completely ignore in the report!!
I guess Apollo is never mentioned because something so magnificent as Apollo 'needs no mention'!! It's said without saying it, that's why nobody really bothers to bring it up!!
Once more, from their report...
"Exposure from the hazards of severe space radiation in deep space and/or long duration missions is a critical design constraint and a potential ‘show stopper.’ Thus, protection from the hazards of severe space radiation is of paramount importance to the agency’s vision."
They must have forgotten to mention that short missions in deep space are an exception to this statement, for some reason. I'm sure it was an oversight, though!! Perhaps they were really tired at the time they wrote their report, or something, right??
a reply to: choos
now tell us what this current technology of shielding is..
originally posted by: Misinformation
a reply to: choos
now tell us what this current technology of shielding is..
by the time orion reaches NEO it should be full of it ....
originally posted by: choos
because short single missions to the moon limits exposure to well within limits ie. using aluminium hull for a short single mission to the moon is sufficient as the exposure is limited by the time spent in deep space.
aluminium is satisfactory for usage as the hull since to limit exposure to particle radiation they simply need to spend less time exposed to it.. its as simple as that.
space radiation can be reduced by reducing exposure time.. reducing exposure time means shorter missions..
come back when you can understand this.
originally posted by: turbonium1
They never say aluminum is adequate shielding for humans in deep space, it's the complete opposite!
You have no proof, and trying to twist it doesn't help you, either..