[Beowulf] Fwd: Project Natick

[Lux, Jim (337K)]

Well, it's all about shielding mass.

If you melt yourself down a meter into the ice, then you're pretty well shielded.

So that big steel tank for Project Natick might work ok.



Jim Lux
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From: Beowulf [mailto:beowulf-bounces at beowulf.org] On Behalf Of Chris Samuel
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2018 5:34 AM
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Subject: Re: [Beowulf] Fwd: Project Natick

On Tuesday, 12 June 2018 9:37:44 AM AEST Lux, Jim (337K) wrote:

> Oh, the radiation dose rate on the surface (variously given as 1-100 
> Rad/second (0.01-1 Gy/s), or 5.4 Sv/day (which are orders of magnitude
> different) means the first "jupiter rise" would be spectactular, and 
> then you'd die.  5 Sv (500 rem) is pretty much a lethal dose.

Ouch. OK, I'll pass on that...

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 Chris Samuel  :  http://www.csamuel.org/  :  Melbourne, VIC

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