Hello all.

I hope this is the right place to ask this.

I am searching for some primary source material (preferably from nasa) regarding data collected pertaining to radiation levels in a) The Van Allen Belts b) Between the Van Allen Belts and Lunar Orbit c) On the lunar surface. I am looking for specific apollo data.

No, I do not want to talk about any silly conspiracies.

Thanks.

Here's a good starting point,

http://history.nasa.gov/SP-368/s2ch3.htm

thank you, got any more like that?

Jay Windley's moon hoax debunking site Clavius.org has a good section on radiation, here

Welcome to the board J R. Any relations in Dallas? :wink:

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lol, none that I am aware of

That clavius is ok but it's not what I would call primary source material. I want the hard core nasa data. Thanks for the link.

Below are some of the citations from a paper titled "Exposures to Solar Particle Events in Deep Space Missions." You'll actually have to do some writing or phone calls to track these down, but they are available. You could try contacting the Space Radiation Shielding Program. They are focusing on long duration exposures for deep space missions, but the papers on their web site refer to lunar, Earth orbiting and high altitude radiation exposures.

CJSF

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Schaefer, Hermann J.: Cosmic Ray Dosage During the Giant Solar Flare of February 26, 1956. J. Aviation Med., vol. 28, no. 4, Aug. 1957, pp. 387 396.

Billingham, John; Robbins, Donald E.; Modisette, Jerry L.; and Higgins, Peter W.: Status Report on the Space Radiation Effects on the Apollo Mission. Second Symposium on Protection Against Radiations in Space, Arthur Reetz, Jr., ed., NASA SP-71, 1965, pp. 139 156.

Radiobiological Advisory Panel, Committee on Space Medicine: Radiation Protection Guides and Constraints for Space-Mission and Vehicle-Design Studies Involving Nuclear Systems. National Academy of Sciences, 1970.

National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements: Guidance on Radiation Received in Space Activities. NCRP Rep. No. 98, July 1989.

Wilson, J. W.; and Denn, F. M.: Preliminary Analysis of the Implications of Natural Radiations on Geostationary Operations. NASA TN D-8290, 1976.

Wilson, John W.; Cucinotta, Francis A.; Jones, T. D.; and Chang, C. K.: Astronaut Protection From Solar Event of August 4, 1972. NASA TP-3643, 1997.

Wilson, J. W.: Distribution Effectiveness for Space Radiation Dosimetry. Health Phys., vol. 28, June 1975, pp. 812 813.

Shea, M. A.; and Smart, D. F.: A Summary of Major Solar Proton Events. Solar Phys., vol. 127, June 1990, pp. 297 320.

Foelsche, T.; Mendell, R. B.; Wilson, J. W.; and Adams, R. R.: Measured and Calculated Neutron Spectra and Dose Equivalent Rates at High Altitudes; Relevance to SST Operations and Space Research. NASA TN D-7715, 1974.

Simonsen, Lisa C.; Atwell, William; Nealy, John E.; and Cucinotta, Francis A.: Radiation Dose to Critical Body Organs for October 1989 Proton Event. NASA TP-3237, 1992.

Langham, Wright H., ed.: Radiobiological Factors in Manned Space Flight. Publ. 1487, National Academy of Sciences, 1967.

16. Bertini, Hugo W.; Guthrie, Miriam P.; and Culkowski, Arline H.: Nonelastic Interactions on Nucleons and -Mesons With Complex Nuclei at Energies Below 3 GeV. ORNL-TM- 3148, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, 1972.

Alsmiller, R. G.: High-Energy Nucleon Transport and Space Vehicle Shielding. Nucl. Sci. & Eng., vol. 27, no. 2, 1967, pp. 158 189.

Badhwar, Gautam D.; Patel, Jagdish U.; Cucinotta, Francis A.; and Wilson, John W.: Measurements of the Secondary Particle Energy Spectra in the Space Shuttle. Radiat. Meas., vol. 24, no. 2, 1995, pp. 129 138.

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If your local library does interlibrary loans they may be able to get you copies of articles from difficult to find periodicals.

J.R., the best source on this will be the National Space Science Data Center at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. I think they've got the most centralized collection of primary and historical radiation metrics. Good luck.

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