January 2018
Shielding the human genome
... a solution to the problem of radiation exposure; the shielding and launch weight restrictions for vehicles and habitats are simply...launch from Earth. Besides, vehicle and habitat shielding materials available today are ineffective at stopping some...
28 November 2015
NASA Set to Improve Orion's Heat Shield
... extreme temperatures experienced on reentry into Earth's atmosphere. During Orion's Exploration Flight Test (EFT)-1, the heat shield experienced temperatures close to 2,200 degrees Celsius, during which the interior of the capsule was kept in the...
October 2018
Radiation study paves way for safe deep space exploration
... capability of AstroRad in the SPE environment even if no SPE occurs during the mission. AstroRad Selective Shielding - proprietary smart shielding that focuses protection on the most vulnerable organs. Orion Exploration Mission 1 The Orion Multi...
August 2016
Our changing world and the mounting risk of a calamitous solar storm
... we could deploy at Lagrangian Point 1 (L-1) that could potentially do the following: Create an artificial Van Allen ‘electro-magnetic shield’ that could protect Earth against a major solar coronal mass ejection that could otherwise have a crippling...
May 2022
Design architecture for 3D printing a lunar habitat
... to, from and on the Moon and material for shielding the inhabitants and their equipment, where the absence of...the major roles of a lunar colony being to provide shielding from cosmic and solar radiation, micrometeorites and extremes of temperature...
27 July 2020
Radiation-loving fungus could protect astronauts from cosmic rays
... all kinds of unpleasantness from damaging cells or DNA to an increased risk of getting cancer later in life. Finding a way to shield astronauts from the damaging effects of space radiation, not just those stationed on the International Space Station...
