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sesquipedalian 3 points ago +3 / -0

I don't think they pass through the radiation bands.

Nvm, they do, but very shortly and very low radiation doses.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=NEwMM0REZJQ

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sesquipedalian 3 points ago +3 / -0

"Some astronauts, veterans of long space missions, have "significant chromosome aberrations" in their blood cells."

I'm no expert, but that doesn't sound like good news. Hazard pay please.

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DanTheComputerMan 3 points ago +3 / -0

I was reading somewhere about airline workers being "radiation workers"

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sesquipedalian 3 points ago +3 / -0

Makes sense, as it's our atmosphere's job to reflect off the suns radiation, and there is less of it between you and the sun up there.

https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/aircrew/cosmicionizingradiation.html

"The National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements reported that aircrew have the largest average annual effective dose (3.07 mSv) of all US radiation-exposed workers."

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sesquipedalian 3 points ago +3 / -0

Ooh, didn't know about the micro gravity altering gene expression.

"The investigation is scheduled to launch to the orbital complex aboard SpaceX-3 March 16, 2014."

Any idea how the micro 7 study turned out?

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DanTheComputerMan 4 points ago +4 / -0
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sesquipedalian 3 points ago +3 / -0

Yeah, I couldn't either. Just more micro-10 , 11 etc being launched.

That looks interesting but it seems to be a satellite to detect radiation rather than a biology study. Still important to quantify the rad levels though.

Cool info for me to look into though. Thanks man.