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

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