← Back to context Comment by sidewndr46 3 hours ago Why would we? More importantly, why would anyone go to orbit period when you can do it with a robot. 2 comments sidewndr46 Reply GlenTheMachine 2 hours ago You wouldn't. Ionizing radiation at GEO altitude quickly exceeds your lifetime exposure dose.The Apollo (and Artemis II) astronauts went through GEO inside a metal capsule going as fast as they could. walrus01 2 hours ago a relatively detailed analysis of estimated radiation for a 650 day trip to mars:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9916691/from other sources If I'm reading things right, one estimate of a round trip to mars would be 1000 millisieverts, which is considerable, the maximum allowed annual dose for a US radiation industry worker is 50mSv.
GlenTheMachine 2 hours ago You wouldn't. Ionizing radiation at GEO altitude quickly exceeds your lifetime exposure dose.The Apollo (and Artemis II) astronauts went through GEO inside a metal capsule going as fast as they could. walrus01 2 hours ago a relatively detailed analysis of estimated radiation for a 650 day trip to mars:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9916691/from other sources If I'm reading things right, one estimate of a round trip to mars would be 1000 millisieverts, which is considerable, the maximum allowed annual dose for a US radiation industry worker is 50mSv.
walrus01 2 hours ago a relatively detailed analysis of estimated radiation for a 650 day trip to mars:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9916691/from other sources If I'm reading things right, one estimate of a round trip to mars would be 1000 millisieverts, which is considerable, the maximum allowed annual dose for a US radiation industry worker is 50mSv.
You wouldn't. Ionizing radiation at GEO altitude quickly exceeds your lifetime exposure dose.
The Apollo (and Artemis II) astronauts went through GEO inside a metal capsule going as fast as they could.
a relatively detailed analysis of estimated radiation for a 650 day trip to mars:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9916691/
from other sources If I'm reading things right, one estimate of a round trip to mars would be 1000 millisieverts, which is considerable, the maximum allowed annual dose for a US radiation industry worker is 50mSv.