Physics
Scientific paper
Jun 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994adspr..14...33d&link_type=abstract
Advances in Space Research, vol. 14, no. 6, p. (6)33-(6)42
Physics
Interplanetary Space, Lunar Bases, Solar Flares, Solar Protons, Space Exploration, Particle Acceleration, Solar Physics, Wave Propagation, Moon, Space, Exploration, Manned Missions, Colonization, Solar Flares, Mars, Radiation Effects, Solar Radiation, Medical Aspects
Scientific paper
The 21st century is likely to see the start of the manned exploration and settlement of the inner solar system. NASA's plans for this endeavor are focused upon the Space Exploration Initiative which calls for a return to the Moon, to stay, followed by manned missions to Mars. To execute these missions safely provides solar physics with both a challenge and an opportunity. As the past solar maximum has clearly demonstrated, the Sun, through the solar flare process, is capable of generating and accelerating to high energies large fluxes of protons whose cumulative dose to unprotected astronauts can be fatal. It will be the responsibility of solar physicists to develop an accurate physical description of the mechanisms of flare energy storage and release, and of particle acceleration and propagation through interplanetary space upon which to base a sound method of flare and energetic particle prediction.
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