The hull of the command module is thicker than a dental x-ray vest; can you tell us how much radiation it absorbs?

I have to side with Jay Utah on this: you keep making these statements with no consideration at all for even the simplest facts, and you *never* acknowledge your errors.

It is this latter non-responsiveness that is irksome.

I'm not a scientist, although I've got some decent education in the basics. There are a lot of things I simply don't know. Sometimes, I have mistaken assumptions. Just one example: I had thought that the Command Module, returning from the Moon, entered a stable circular orbit around the earth, then de-orbited for splashdown. Jay and others were kind enough to tell me that I was wrong. I didn't argue back. I didn't say, "But they must have had to, or else it couldn't work!" I didn't say, "But if that's true, then gravity has to push, not pull!" I didn't even say, "Oh, yeah, were you there?" I said, "Oh! Thanks for setting me straight."

I'd rather learn the truth than labor under an error. Do you really love your errors so much that you won't let go of them?

(Yo, Jay: how much thicker *was* the hull of the CM than a typical dentist's x-ray vest? Largely aluminum, yes? I know that aluminum is good at stopping some kinds of radiation -- for instance, the Canadian Destroyers Yukon, Mackenzie, and Q'Appelle were built with aluminum superstructures to resist fallout during an atomic war.)

Silas