Assessment of Radiation Exposure of Astronauts in Space


Draft document: Assessment of Radiation Exposure of Astronauts in Space
Submitted by John Emit Dixon, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Commenting as an individual

Page 95, line 3207, graphs (a), (b), (c). 

Fig. 5.6. LET distribution of particle fluence in space calculated using the HZETRN code for

Line 3210 increasing amounts of liquid hydrogen, water, and aluminum shielding. This line should be changed to relfect the graphic numbers applying to their letter lables as follows:

Fig. 5.6. LET distribution of particle fluence in space calculated using the HZETRN code for

NEW LINE 3210: increasing amounts of liquid hydrogen (a), water (b), and aluminum (c) shielding.












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