Speaker
Dr
Daniel Heynderickx
(DH Consultancy BVBA)
Description
Gaps in existing radiation environment and effects standards adversely affect human spaceflight developments. In the framework of the ESA project IPRAM (Interplanetary and Planetary RadiationModel for Human Spaceflight, ESA Contract No 4000106133/12/NL/AF), we investigated the most important drivers in the domain of interplanetary and planetary radiation environments, identifying appropriate data sources and modelling methods to address the needs of future
interplanetary manned mission design and operation.
New radiation estimates have been compiled for missions to the Moon, Mars, and a near-Earth asteroid, combining a comprehensive set of spacecraft and neutron monitor data with statistical models. A roadmap for future developments is presented, as well as a gap analysis of environment data and models of the radiation environment and effects on humans and spacecraft components.
