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NASA thought about the problem of radiation when flying to distant planets, in particular to Mars. The space agency has promised reward to the best authors of proposals for protection against space rays. NASA plans to pay at least one premium of five thousand and one thousand dollars.
The relevance of protection against space radiation is associated with plans NASA Deep Space Exploration. In particular, since the early 2030s years, the agency plans flights to Mars, during which astronauts will have to collide with cosmic rays.
Despite the low intensity of such rays, their energy can be dangerous to astronauts. In addition, the effects of radiation on the ship imposes restrictions on the trajectory of future flights and materials for the manufacture of spacecraft.
Information on space radiation may soon to assemble the Orion apparatus, the test flight of which will take place on December 4 this year. There will be two sensors on board the ship, similar on flash drives, on which information will be collected. These data will be indispensable for spacecraft projects and planning future space missions.
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