Save the Crew: A Superconducting Toroid Shield for Deep-Space Manned Missions

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Oct 2007

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American Physical Society, 2007 Joint Fall Meeting of the Texas Sections of the APS and AAPT; Zone 13 of SPS, October 18-20, 200

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Without proper shielding, astronauts traveling beyond the Earth's magnetosphere would be exposed to lethal doses of radiation. Passive shielding is not adequate to protect astronauts from either high-energy galactic cosmic rays or the intense bursts of energetic protons from solar flares. A more effective way is to create a magnetosphere on the spacecraft using a superconducting toroid that surrounds the crew compartment. The optimal geometry of the toroid, computed mechanical stresses, and results of radiation dose calculations are presented and compared with the passive shielding scenario.

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