Crew and spacecraft shielding in outer space

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Published: 01.06.2016

Published in issue: #5(53)/2016

DOI: 10.18698/2308-6033-2016-5-1496

Category: Aviation and Rocket-Space Engineering | Chapter: Innovation Technologies of Aerospace Engineering

Manned astronautics in deep space is impossible without reliable protection from solar and galactic radiation. We consider the types of radiation found in interplanetary space. We arrive at the conclusion that protection from high-energy charged particles is highly relevant; we then describe the shielding methods available. We suggest an optimum, the most lightweight, type of protection, in the form of an electrostatic shield that is also capable ofprotecting the spacecraft from small meteoroid particles.

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