Monthly Archives: June 2016

Working full time on the Martian surface is within US Radiation Worker limits

Posted on June 19, 2016 by Chris Stelter

The US Radiation Worker annual radiation limit is 5 rem, or 50mSv/year. Divided into the 2000 annual working hours, that’s 0.025mSv/hour. The Mars Curiosity rover measured an average dosage on Mars of 0.67mSv/day at about -4km altitude. That’s 0.028mSv/hour. If … Continue reading →

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Homo Cosmicus: Vestibular Implants

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Chris Stelter

EDIT: David Birchler mentioned in the comments that an implant is not required. The technology is called galvanic vestibular stimulation and it can stimulate the sensation of pitch, roll, and yaw. Since surgery is not required, it sounds like this … Continue reading →

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The Slings and Arrows of Outrageous Lunar Transportation Schemes: Part 4–Propellantless Horizontal Soft-Landing Methods

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Jonathan Goff

As mentioned previously in Part 2 of this series, one of the key elements in establishing a lunar beachhead is developing ways to safely and affordably land payloads and people on the lunar surface. In Part 3, we discussed a … Continue reading →

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Perfectly energy-efficient rocket vehicle

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Chris Stelter

So I was watching a video of a talk by Geoffrey Landis (my old mentor when I was an intern at Glenn), and he made a very interesting point. If you’re trying to maximize energy efficiency for a rocket and … Continue reading →

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