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Radiation Considerations for Lunar Crews

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Both transport to and sustainable presence in a Lunar Base will require an understanding of the ionizing radiation environment and the challenges it poses for crews and inhabitants. This section discusses the radiation environment relevant to transportation to the Moon and habitation on the surface. From the perspective of crew health, radiation has potential in-mission effects as well as long-term health effects that should be understood by anyone wishing to create a lunar base. Whether the inhabitants of such a base are intended to construct and maintain the habitat, perform science, or are spaceflight participants there to simply enjoy the view, the risks that the radiation environment brings to humans on the Moon should be understood by both mission planners and crew alike. To accomplish this, the chapter includes a description of the radiation sources and processes that carry implications for health and performance.

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  1. Health and Human Performance, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA

    S. Robin Elgart

  2. Aerospace Medicine and Vestibular Research Laboratory, The Mayo Clinic, Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, USA

    Rebecca S. Blue

  3. NASA Human Health and Performance Contract Leidos, Inc., Houston, TX, USA

    Nicholas N. Stoffle

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Elgart, S.R., Blue, R.S., Stoffle, N.N. (2022). Radiation Considerations for Lunar Crews. In: Eckart, P., Aldrin, A. (eds) Handbook of Lunar Base Design and Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05323-9_4-1

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