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We already knew sending crewed missions to Mars would be dangerous<\/a>. Now we know that it will blast them with horrifying doses of cosmic radiation. The In 2016, the European and Russian space agencies launched the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO)<\/a>, an orbiting probe designed to monitor the Martian atmosphere. The TGO also collected radiation data during its journey from Earth to Mars — the same journey we hope to send astronauts on<\/a> within the next decade — so now we know how much radiation they’ll encounter along the way.<\/p> According to the researchers’ calculations, which they presented this week during the European Planetary Science Congress, the 12-month round-trip journey to Mars would expose astronauts to 600 mSv of radiation.<\/p> That’s the equivalent of about 600 chest x-rays.<\/a> It’d account for 60 percent of the astronauts’ career radiation dose limit, the maximum amount of radiation exposure experts predict<\/a> they could withstand without substantially increasing their risk of cancer, central nervous system damage, and other catastrophic health problems.<\/p> The TGO calculations don’t even take into account the radiation exposure an astronaut will experience while on Mars or in its orbit — just the radiation they’ll suck up along the journey.<\/p> We’re clearly going to need to figure out some way to protect astronaut crews<\/a> from this dangerous radiation. Knowing exactly what they’ll be up against is a crucial step toward making that happen.<\/p> READ MORE:<\/strong> Orbiter Data Confirms Manned Mars Missions Face Severe Radiation Hazards<\/a> [New Atlas<\/em>]<\/p> More on radiation: Here’s How Future Astronauts Could Survive the Radiation of Space<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p> The post Traveling To Mars Will Blast Astronauts With Deadly Cosmic Radiation, New Data Shows<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> Read more: RADIATION STATION We already knew sending crewed missions to Mars would be dangerous . Now we know that it will blast them with horrifying doses of cosmic radiation.\u00a0The silver lead lining: now at least we know exactly how much, so we can prepare. In 2016, the European and\u00a0Russian space\u00a0agencies\u00a0launched the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) , an orbiting probe designed to monitor the Martian atmosphere. Continue reading silver<\/del> lead lining: now at least we know exactly how much, so we can prepare.<\/p>LEAD VEST<\/strong><\/h2>
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