Overview of energetic particle hazards during prospective manned missions to Mars

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 63-64, Issue , 2012, Pages 123-132

  McKenna Lawlor, Susan ^a   Goncalves P ^b   Keating, A ^b   Reitz, G ^c   Matthia D ^c  

^a Space Technology Ireland ^*  (Ireland)

^b LABORATÓRIO DE INSTRUMENTAÇÃO E FÍSICA EXPERIMENTAL DE PARTÍCULAS   (Portugal)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galactic cosmic radiation; Manned missions; Mars; Solar energetic particles

Indexed keywords

CRUISE PHASE; CUMULATIVE EFFECTS; ENERGETIC PARTICLES; ENERGETIC RADIATION; ENERGY SPECTRA; FREE SPACES; GALACTIC COSMIC RADIATIONS; MANNED MISSIONS; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERES; MINIMUM PHASE; PARTICLE RADIATION; RADIATION PROBLEMS; SHIELDING EFFECT; SOLAR CYCLE; SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLES; TOTAL DOSE; VAN ALLEN RADIATION BELTS;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ESTIMATION; IONIZING RADIATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION HAZARDS; RADIATION SHIELDING; SOLAR ENERGY;

PLANETS;

EID: 84858071113     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2011.06.017     Document Type: Article

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