Sentences with phrase «space radiation program»

As the chief scientist of NASA's space radiation program, Francis Cucinotta is the agency's chief oddsmaker, an erudite, respectable Jimmy the Greek who occasionally seasons his otherwise flat, technical speech with words like roulette.

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Creating the ability to more quickly and accurately forecast space weather would give satellite operations teams, space programs and others technologies that rely on assets in Earth's space environment the ability to reposition satellites and / or shut down noncritical components as well as defer critical operations — such as uploading new software or orbital maneuvers — that might be adversely affected by storm effects, such as increased penetrating radiation.