TY - GEN
T1 - Characterization of the lunar radiation environment using the CRaTER detector
AU - Townsend, Lawrence W.
AU - Moussa, Hanna M.
AU - Charara, Youssef
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - In late 2008, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission will be launched into orbit around Earth's moon.1,2 The LRO mission will conduct exploration-enabling observations. One of the objectives of this mission is to characterize the lunar radiation environment and its biological impacts on humans. For this purpose a collaboration involving research personnel from Boston University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The University of Tennessee, The Aerospace Corporation, Air Force Research Laboratory, and the NOAA Space Environment Center successfully proposed to develop a sensor system called the Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation (CRaTER). CRaTER will directly measure linear energy transfer (LET) spectra, thereby providing a direct link between the ambient environment and its biological impact on future human missions to the Moon. In this presentation an overview of the CRaTER team and project organization will be presented and the current version of the proposed CRaTER instrument will be described. Preliminary computational predictions of some components of the LET spectra will be presented.
AB - In late 2008, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission will be launched into orbit around Earth's moon.1,2 The LRO mission will conduct exploration-enabling observations. One of the objectives of this mission is to characterize the lunar radiation environment and its biological impacts on humans. For this purpose a collaboration involving research personnel from Boston University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The University of Tennessee, The Aerospace Corporation, Air Force Research Laboratory, and the NOAA Space Environment Center successfully proposed to develop a sensor system called the Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation (CRaTER). CRaTER will directly measure linear energy transfer (LET) spectra, thereby providing a direct link between the ambient environment and its biological impact on future human missions to the Moon. In this presentation an overview of the CRaTER team and project organization will be presented and the current version of the proposed CRaTER instrument will be described. Preliminary computational predictions of some components of the LET spectra will be presented.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:34047154635
SN - 0780395468
SN - 9780780395466
T3 - IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings
BT - 2006 IEEE Aerospace Conference
T2 - 2006 IEEE Aerospace Conference
Y2 - 4 March 2006 through 11 March 2006
ER -