Cancer and Circulatory Disease Risks for a Human Mission to Mars: Private Mission Considerations
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-13-2018
Publication Title
Acta Astronautica
Abstract
In addition to traditional interest by various governments in space exploration, there is growing interest in private missions to Mars and other deep space destinations within the next decade. Private missions could consider persons not restricted by radiation limits; however there remains an interest in the level of risk to be encountered. ... See full text for complete abstract.
Keywords
Space radiation; Non-targeted effects; Radiation cancer risk; Radiation circulatory disease risks; Heavy ions; Galatic cosmic rays
Disciplines
Astrophysics and Astronomy | Disorders of Environmental Origin | Genetics and Genomics
Language
English
Repository Citation
Cucinotta, F. A.,
Cacao, E.,
Kim, M. Y.,
Saganti, P. B.
(2018).
Cancer and Circulatory Disease Risks for a Human Mission to Mars: Private Mission Considerations.
Acta Astronautica
http://dx.doi.org/10.106/j.actaastro.2018.08.022