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Comparison of graphite, aluminum, and TransHab shielding material characteristics in a high-energy neutron fieldSpace radiation transport models clearly show that low atomic weight materials provide a better shielding protection for interplanetary human missions than high atomic weight materials. These model studies have concentrated on shielding properties against charged particles. A light-weight, inflatable habitat module called TransHab was built and shown to provide adequate protection against micrometeoroid impacts and good shielding properties against charged particle radiation in the International Space Station orbits. An experiment using a tissue equivalent proportional counter, to study the changes in dose and lineal energy spectra with graphite, aluminum, and a TransHab build-up as shielding, was carried out at the Los Alamos Nuclear Science Center neutron facility. It is a continuation of a previous study using regolith and doped polyethylene materials. This paper describes the results and their comparison with the previous study. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.
Document ID
20040087960
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Badhwar, G. D.
(NASA Johnson Space Center Houston TX United States)
Huff, H.
Wilkins, R.
Thibeault, Sheila
Date Acquired
August 21, 2013
Publication Date
December 1, 2002
Publication Information
Publication: Radiation measurements
Volume: 35
Issue: 6
ISSN: 1350-4487
Subject Category
Aerospace Medicine
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NCC9-114
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
NASA Center JSC
NASA Discipline Radiation Health

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