Manned Mars mission solar physics: Solar energetic particle prediction and warning

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May 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986mmm..work..556s&link_type=abstract

In its Manned Mars Mission. Working Group Papers, V. 2, Sect. 5, App. p 556-565 (SEE N87-17760 10-12)

Computer Science

Equipment Specifications, Forecasting, Manned Mars Missions, Manned Space Flight, Mars (Planet), Solar Activity Effects, Energetic Particles, Monitors, Solar Flares, Solar Prominences, X Rays

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There are specific risks to the crew of the manned Mars mission from energetic particles generated by solar activity. Therefore, mission planning must provide for solar monitoring and solar activity forecasts. The main need is to be able to anticipate the energetic particle events associated with some solar flares and, occasionally, with erupting filaments. A second need may be for forecasts of solar interference with radio communication between the manned Mars mission (during any of its three phases) and Earth. These two tasks are compatible with a small solar observatory that would be used during the transit and orbital phases of the mission. Images of the Sun would be made several times per hour and, together with a solar X-ray detector, used to monitor for the occurrence of solar activity. The data would also provide a basis for research studies of the interplanetary medium utilizing observations covering more of the surface of the Sun than just the portion facing Earth.

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