Comment on Live SpaceX Polaris Dawn SpacewalkComments−basementcat2yI hope the astronauts stay safe; their radiation exposure during the space walk is expected to be on the order of several weeks on ISS.−teractiveodular1yThe radiation exposure is due to their earlier intentional high orbit passing through the van Allen belts. For the spacewalk, they returned to a regular orbit.
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I hope the astronauts stay safe; their radiation exposure during the space walk is expected to be on the order of several weeks on ISS.
The radiation exposure is due to their earlier intentional high orbit passing through the van Allen belts. For the spacewalk, they returned to a regular orbit.