On May 8, 11:16 pm, Tim Little
wrote:
On 2008-05-09, Koobee Wublee wrote:

No, it does not. 2 REM is unrealistically low.

Quoting from exactly the same page you linked as a reference in your
post:

"An object satellite shielded by 3 mm of aluminium will receive about
2,500 rem (25 Sv) per year".

Or in other words, about 6 rem per day.

Virtually all of it is comparatively low energy charged particle
radiation, and that doesn't penetrate well.

Particles in Van Allen Belts have very high energy. shrug

Not by the standards of cosmic rays or energetic solar flares, which
are the main other sources of radiation and penetrate further.

- Tim

LEO dosage is not the same as GSO dosage. Why do you think ISS has to
avoid the SAA contour?
.. - Brad Guth
.. - Brad Guth