Dose loads on and radiation risk values for cosmonauts on a mission to Mars estimated from actual Martian vehicle engineering development
Shafirkin, A.V.; Kolomenskiĭ, A.V.; Mitrikas, V.G.; Petrov, V.M.
Aviakosmicheskaia i Ekologicheskaia Meditsina 44(1): 5-14
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 0233-528X PMID: 20803991 Document Number: 638976
The current design philosophy of a Mars orbiting vehicle, takeoff and landing systems and the transport return vehicle was taken into consideration for calculating the equivalent doses imparted to cosmonaut's organs and tissues by galactic cosmic rays, solar rays and the Earth's radiation belts, values of the total radiation risk over the lifespan following the mission and over the whole career period, and possible shortening of life expectancy. There are a number of uncertainties that should be evaluated, and radiation limits specified before setting off to Mars.