Space travel: the health effects of space radiation and building a lunar GPS

Photo caption: The Phantom Torso, seen here in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS), is designed to measure the effects of radiation on […] Photo credit: NASA via Wikipedia. Public Domain. Article by Hamish Johnston. Podcast interviewer: Tami Freeman. Physics World – November 14, 2024.

We are entering a second golden age of space travel – with human missions to the Moon and Mars planned for the near future. In this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast we explore two very different challenges facing the next generation of cosmic explorers. […]

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Further information:

Welsh’s ebook: “Space Radiation: Astrophysical origins, radiobiological effects and implications for space travellers”.

IPEM and IOP ebook series: IPEM–IOP Series in Physics and Engineering in Medicine and Biology.

Ashby and Patla’s paper: “A Relativistic Framework to Estimate Clock Rates on the Moon” and it appears in The Astronomical Journal.