Author/Authors :
Adams، نويسنده , , James H. and Adcock، نويسنده , , Leonard and Apple، نويسنده , , Jeffery and Christl، نويسنده , , Mark and Cleveand، نويسنده , , William and Cox، نويسنده , , Mark L. Dietz، نويسنده , , Kurt and Ferguson، نويسنده , , Cynthia and Fountain، نويسنده , , Walt and Ghita، نويسنده , , Bogdan and Kuznetsov، نويسنده , , Evgeny and Milton، نويسنده , , Martha and Myers، نويسنده , , Jeremy and O’Brien، نويسنده , , Sue and Seaquist، نويسنده , , Jim and Smith، نويسنده , , Edward A. Turner-Smith، نويسنده , , Guy and Warden، نويسنده , , Lance and Watts، نويسنده , , John، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
The Deep Space Test-Bed (DSTB) Facility is designed to investigate the effects of galactic cosmic rays on crews and systems during missions to the Moon or Mars. To gain access to the interplanetary ionizing radiation environment the DSTB uses high-altitude polar balloon flights. The DSTB provides a platform for measurements to validate the radiation transport codes that are used by NASA to calculate the radiation environment within crewed space systems. It is also designed to support other exploration related investigations such as measuring the shielding effectiveness of candidate spacecraft and habitat materials, testing new radiation monitoring instrumentation, flight avionics and investigating the biological effects of deep space radiation. We describe the work completed thus far in the development of the DSTB and its current status.
Keywords :
Long duration balloon flights , Galactic Cosmic Radiation , Radiation shielding , Radiation transport codes
