> Is the ISS somehow better protected near earth than in deep space? yes but it's incredibly complicated, radiation comes from multiple sources. See https://e

> Is the ISS somehow better protected near earth than in deep space? yes but it's incredibly complicated, radiation comes from multiple sources. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Atlantic_Anomaly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Atlantic_Anomaly and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Allen_radiation_belt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Allen_radiation_belt