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Title: [NSS]Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCR) - The 800 Pound Gorilla
Post by: Feed Bot on March 11, 2011, 06:22:20 AM

Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCR) - The 800 Pound Gorilla

The most recent issue of Science News (18 December 2010) has the following notes from 17 December 1960:
HEAVY SHIELD UNNECESSARY — Heavy shielding as protection for an astronaut against space radiations may not be necessary, at least for trips of less than 50 hours and at distances not greater than 618 miles from earth…. iological [...]

Source: Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCR) - The 800 Pound Gorilla (http://blog.nss.org/?p=2293)