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ASTRONAUTICSmass already present on board (tanks,
food supplies, launch and return seats,
etc.) and to set up an additional shelter in
the aft bay of the spacecraft by the inner
portion closest to the heat shield (of
course, the aft bay will face the source of
the radiation).
This is the state-of-the-art, waiting for
better solutions. The truth is that, against
the most energetic forms of space radia-
tion, such as galactic cosmic rays (GCRs),E
arth is surrounded by a giant magnetic
bubble called the magnetosphere,
which is part of a dynamic, interconnected
system that responds to solar, planetary,
and interstellar conditions. [NASA]space radiation EN_l'Astrofilo 29/08/2019 15:44 Page 45