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Sunstroke / Chap. 15 p. 129
paper-thin walls of the command module and LEM According to John Wilford the SWIP
program (Super Weight Improvement Program) whittled the outer skin of the LEM until it
was, "about the thickness of heavy-duty aluminum foil..." 8
Despite all the weather stations and their modern equipment, radar, satellite observations,
etc. any realistic meteorologist will admit that weather forecasting is still more an art
than a science. Frequently it seems mostly inspired, intuitive guesswork when it turns out to
be right. It seems the Old Farmer's Almanac, prepared a year in advance, is just as accurate
as the 29-day forecast. Would you bet your life on tomorrow's weather forecast
Solar flare prediction, of course, is not even as accurate as a weather forecast. By actual
measurement, heavy-duty aluminum foil is a little over one thousandth of an inch. Would
you want to bet your life on next weeks solar forecast while hiding behind such walls
The following quote is from Prospects for Intersteller Travel by John H. Mauldin. The
author worked for NASA on the Voyager missions, has a Masters in physics and a Ph.D. in
science education. He writes:
"By comparison, solar flares can deliver GEV protons in the same energy range as most
cosmic particles but at much higher intensities. Increase of energy accounts for most of the
increased radiation danger because GeV protons or their products will penetrate several
meters of material." Mauldin goes on to say that, "Cosmic particles are dangerous, come
from all sides, and require at least 2 meters of solid shielding around all living organisms."
Mauldin then states, "Solar (or star) flares of protons, an occasional and severe hazard on the
way out of and into planetary systems, can give doses of hundreds to thousands of rem over
a few hours at the distance of Earth. Such doses are fatal and millions of times greater than
the permitted dose. Death is likely after 500 rems in any short time, ..." 9
I wonder if NASA told the astro-nots that Perhaps now, NASA will claim that leadlined
shielding was carried on the LEM. Perhaps such mythical lead coffins were the real
reason why they patiently scraped away layers of mylar to lighten the capsule And if the
LEM had lead coffins wouldn't the command module have needed to carry three more Did
they transfer two of the coffins back and forth
It wouldn't matter if the shielding material was made of lead or not. Radiation shielding
depends mostly on the mass and density of the material that is between the source and the
victim. Lead is effective because of its high density. On an equal weight basis a layer of
water is even more effective, despite its lighter mass, but lead is less bulky.
Never mind, NASA had no need for lead coffins because according to them, "The TMG
(thermal-meteoroid garment) part of the suit assembly also shielded them against those
high-energy nuclear and electromagnetic particles that speed throughout the universe and
would have a deadly effect when they strike human tissue if there were no atmosphere to
slow them down and stop them." 10
Wow! First of all the Van Allen Belts are the primary shield, and this NASA suit space
fairy tale is a thing of beauty. If a dozen layers of ultra fine spun glass cloth, doped with
NASA MOONED AMERICA! / Rene