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Originally Posted by mcoy [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

They were already working on that in 1960! Turns out by surrounding themselves with conductive materials, hardening their electrical systems, and not loitering in the areas of highest activity they would actually obtain more overall exposure from their time spent outside the belts - here's an interesting pdf that has tons of detail about the dosimeters used, average exposure of each mission, and the rules for what to do in the events of various solar events during the mission(s).

https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/...9730010172.pdf

-Mcoy

If you're going to use NASA as a source you have to explain the contradictions

https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard...rrier-in-space

NASA's Van Allen Probes Spot an Impenetrable Barrier in Space

The Van Allen belts are a collection of charged particles, gathered in place by Earth’s magnetic field. They can wax and wane in response to incoming energy from the sun, sometimes swelling up enough to expose satellites in low-Earth orbit to damaging radiation. The discovery of the drain that acts as a barrier within the belts was made using NASA's Van Allen Probes, launched in August 2012 to study the region. A paper on these results appeared in the Nov. 27, 2014, issue of Nature magazine.