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An exploration of the effectiveness of artificial mini-magnetospheres as a potential solar storm shelter for long term human space missions |
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| Authors: | R.A. Bamford B. Kellett J. Bradford T.N. Todd M.G. Benton Sr. R. Stafford-Allen E.P. Alves L. Silva C. Collingwood I.A. Crawford R. Bingham |
| Affiliation: | 1. RAL Space, STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Oxford, Didcot OX11 0QX, UK;2. Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 3DB, UK;3. The Boeing Company, El Segundo, CA 90009-2919, USA;4. GoLP/Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, Instituto Superior Técnico, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal;5. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck College, London;6. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
| Abstract: | If mankind is to explore the solar system beyond the confines of our Earth and Moon the problem of radiation protection must be addressed. Galactic cosmic rays and highly variable energetic solar particles are an ever-present hazard in interplanetary space. |
| Keywords: | Plasma Radiation protection Shielding Manned missions Cosmic rays |
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