Materials for shielding astronauts from the hazards of space radiations

Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings

Volumn 551, Issue , 1999, Pages 3-15

  Wilson, J W ^a   Cucinotta, F A ^b   Miller, J ^c   Shinn, J L ^a   Thibeault, S A ^a   Singleterry, R C ^a   Simonsen, L C ^a   Kim, M H ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; CARCINOGENS; COSMIC RAYS; HEALTH HAZARDS; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIATION SHIELDING; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACE RESEARCH;

GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS (GCR); SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLES (SEP);

ALUMINUM;

EID: 0033351326     PISSN: 02729172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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