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Here's the specific citation: Assuming 940 day mission, percent risk of radiation-induced death for a 40 year old woman is: * mean: 8.8; 95% confidence [2.78,
by idlewords 4y ago
Here's the specific citation:
Assuming 940 day mission, percent risk of radiation-induced death for a 40 year old woman is:
* mean: 8.8; 95% confidence [2.78, 21.0]
For a 40 year old man:
* mean: 6.49; 95% confidence [2.58, 13.6]
Source is "Cancer and circulatory disease risks for a human mission to Mars: Private mission considerations", Acta Astronautica, 2018.
Narrowing this uncertainty range requires long-duration human or animal experiments outside the magnetosphere.
- mlindner 4y agoThanks for the raw data. That's a very wide range.
- Retric 4y agoIt’s also dependent on the effectiveness of various cancer treatments as well as the specific location etc.
- idlewords 4y agoThese figures aren't limited to cancer, they include the risk of (also poorly understood) heavy ion radiation induced cardiovascular disease.