The amount of raidation doses on the way to Mars - Radiation doses on the way to Mars

Ian · 2003-12-16 13:11:29

Maybe a probe could be launched on the way to Mars to measure the amount of radiation in order to determine the exact amount of radiation that's between Earth and Mars orbit. That would probably correct the New York Times' charts of the amounts of radiation.

RobS · 2003-12-16 16:00:01

There's nothing constant to measure because the radiation in that zone comes from the sun and from cosmic sources. The cosmic sources are the same everywhere in the solar system and the sun is variable. We can predict the radiation in the Earth to Mars zone, I think, about as well as we can predict the Earth's weather.

Have you seen Zubrin's response? I think I just read it on spacedaily.com.

-- RobS

Ian · 2003-12-17 14:10:45

Maybe we can place a space probe in orbit around the sun in that zone between Mars and Earth. Then we could probably forcast the space weather there better.

RobertDyck · 2003-12-17 15:59:10

The MARIE instrument on Odyssey did measure the radiation on the way to Mars, and in Mars orbit. NASA has a couple other probes to study the sun, Genesis and Ulysses. The joint ESA/NASA mission SOHO is specifically design to study the Sun and space weather. The probes are already there.

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Re: The amount of raidation doses on the way to Mars - Radiation doses on the way to Mars

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Re: The amount of raidation doses on the way to Mars - Radiation doses on the way to Mars

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