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Fake Skin on Moon Probe to Study Radiation

Posted June 22, 2009 11:20 AM

From Discovery News Top Stories : Discovery Channel:

ASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), which blasted off for the moon on Thursday, will not only scout out safe spots for astronauts to land, it will let them know how the harsh radioactive environment might impact their bodies.

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06/22/2009 4:10 PM

cool - we need a good characterization of radiation on the way to, and at, the surface of the moon in order to design the next generation of lunar mission equipment.
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06/22/2009 9:28 PM

Didn't we send real skin to the moon a few decades ago wrapped around various astronauts? Isn't most of that skin still alive and has been studied to death (no pun intended) all this time?
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06/23/2009 7:35 AM

Our first bionic space probe!

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