Thread: Solar Storms and Risk to Astronauts
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Old 10-December-2008, 05:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Ara Pacis View Post
Who said otherwise?

In my book, a dense parasol is like to the one put up by the Skylab 2 crew (Conrad, Kerwin & Weitz). It was a thermal shield only, not designed to stop solar flares.
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