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8. RADIATION BIOLOGY
Pages 58-61

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... Similarly, the effects of the different types of radiation encountered in space, especially deep space, must be defined quantitatively. Radiation environments will be defined as a result of dosimetric measurements made in space and models that include attention to factors that cause the marked temporal variations in radiation fluxes.
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From page 59...
... PROGRESS Despite budgetary restrictions, NASA has managed to maintain a limited but ongoing research programs in the fields of both radiation dosimetry and radiobiology. Studies of radiation environments have been carried out at both the Agency's own centers and several universities.
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... The radiation environment inside space vehicles in deep space must be defined more precisely. There are plans to make the measurements of radiation fluxes beyond the Van Allen radiation belts and to determine the energy and LET spectra of the various types of radiation.
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... plans call for the BEVALAC facility at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, (the only U.S. facility currently capable of providing beams appropriate for the study of very high-Z particles)
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  • extended human
  • space missions
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  • basic studies
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