Quote: Ferocious Aardvark "That at least was straightforward, they calculated the likely exposure to higher radiation levels that would occur and judged it safe. In the (measured) event, each astronaut was exposed to extra radiation roughly equivalent to having a full body CAT scan while passing through the belts. Not great, but no biggie.'"
WRONG !!! you do know that in a full body CAT scan or any CAT scan for that matter the actual scanning is over and done in a couple of minuets max the rest of the time is spent checking and rechecking the images to make sure they are of the correct quality exposing you to minimum radiation.
Yet NASA claims it takes around 1 1/2 hours to pass through the belts each way that is 3 hours of high intensity radiation with no side effects to ANY astronaut that ever supposedly went on an Apollo mission.
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Nope, RIGHT !!! The cumulative dose was what it was. The total dose = level of radiation x time of exposure. Just like sunbathing, taking images, or grilling a pork chop.