Radiation and the International Space Station: Recommendations to Reduce Risk

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4	SPACECRAFT SOURCES OF OPERATIONAL RADIATION DATA	39
	4.1 Value of Spacecraft Monitors in Support of ISS Construction	39
	4.2 An Interagency Fleet of Spacecraft Monitors	41
	4.3 Future Spacecraft in Support of ISS Operations	42
	4.4 Summary and Recommendation	44
	4.5 Notes and References	44
5	INTERAGENCY CONNECTIONS	45
	5.1 Institutional Factors Limiting Interagency Ability to Provide Better Information for Operational Radiation Risk Assessments	45
	5.2 Recommendations	47
6	INTRA-NASA CONNECTIONS	48
	6.1 Radiation: A Concern throughout NASA	48
	6.2 NASA Programs That Involve Radiation	49
	6.3 Communication between Programs with an Interest in Radiation	50
	6.4 Summary and Recommendation	51
	EPILOGUE: A NOTIONAL SCENARIO FOR IMPROVED SUPPORT OF INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CONSTRUCTION	52
	E.1 Vision of an ISS Construction Mission Supported by Reliable, Accurate Radiation Forecast Models during the Solar Maximum	52
	E.2 The Way Things Ought to Work	52
	E.3 The Missing Pieces	55
	E.4 Timetable for Implementing the Report's Recommendations	55
	APPENDIXES
	A SPACE WEATHER MODELS APPLIED TO RADIATION RISK REDUCTION	59
	A.1 Space Weather Models	59
	A.2 Near-Earth Space Environment Models	61
	A.3 Advanced Empirically Based Forecast Models of Radiation Risk Parameters	62
	A.4 Observational Supplements to Model-Based Forecasts	62
	A.5 National Space Weather Program	63
	A.6 Summary and Findings	64
	A.7 Notes and References	66
	B STATEMENT OF TASK	68
	C BIOGRAPHIES OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS	70
	D ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS	74

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Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications (CPSMA)
Space Studies Board (SSB)