CTRILEY:
I watched a documentary about this and according to Van Allen, you'd have to stay within the belt for a several months before the radition started to affect you.
fair enough but what about the rest of the trip? space is full of radiation many times stronger than in van allen belts and the moon no shielding from cosmic radiation at all? and why?:
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/08sep_radioactivemoon.htmRadioactive Moon
9.08.2005
How much radiation awaits lunar colonists? A new NASA mission aims to find out.
September 8, 2005: On the Moon, many of the things that can kill you are invisible: breathtaking vacuum, extreme temperatures and space radiation top the list.
Vacuum and temperature NASA can handle; spacesuits and habitats provide plenty of air and insulation.
Radiation, though, is trickier.-----2005?
The surface of the Moon is baldly exposed to cosmic rays and solar flares,
and some of that radiation is very hard to stop with shielding. Furthermore, when cosmic rays hit the ground, they produce a dangerous spray of secondary particles right at your feet. All this radiation penetrating human flesh can damage DNA, boosting the risk of cancer and other maladies.
How much radiation awaits lunar colonists? A new NASA mission aims to find out.? this should have been a priority before even setting foot of the space craft that also had no sheilding? duration 8 d 03 h 18 m 35 s and 21 h 31 m 20 s lunar surface time allegedly and how many astonaughts have died of cancer?
so are you saying they went?