Sentences with phrase «galactic cosmic ray exposure»
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«You actually get more exposure from the Earth's natural radioactive material than from galactic cosmic rays.»
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UCI's Charles Limoli and colleagues found that exposure to highly energetic charged particles — much like those found in the galactic cosmic rays that will bombard astronauts during extended spaceflights — causes significant long - term brain damage in test rodents, resulting in cognitive impairments and dementia.
New research suggests that repeated exposure to galactic cosmic rays and other forms of radiation would be debilitating — astronauts could suffer brain damage or develop leukemia after reaching the Red Planet — and ultimately deadly.
The reason being to protect astronauts from «exposure to the spectrum of highly energetic nuclei that comprise galactic cosmic rays.»