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Old 02-July-2009, 02:49 PM
Dave J Dave J is offline
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It's aggravating to see the hoax types wrap themselves around Goldin's out-of-context remark.

Ken, when we go back, it will be for longer stays. The "normal" cislunar radiation environment isn't as deadly as some believe, same with the Van Allen belts. They used normal shielding, along with carefully designed trajectories, to minimize their exposure during the short trips. Next time, with much longer stays, the likelyhood of solar events will increase noticabley, and must be dealt with.

Meanwhile, the scientific findings of the Apollo missions helped in large part to discover the real history of the Earth-Moon system.