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Not following.. why is this dumb again? If the moon is irradiated, then everyone landing on the moon would potentially be exposed to radiation and may suffer ra

• rwmj 3y ago
  The moon's surface is constantly bombarded by solar radiation. In fact ... https://phys.org/news/2020-09-moon.html https://phys.org/news/2020-09-moon.html "New measurements show moon has hazardous radiation levels" Astronauts would get 200 to 1,000 times more radiation on the moon than what we experience on Earth—or five to 10 times more than passengers on a trans-Atlantic airline flight, noted Robert Wimmer-Schweingruber of Christian-Albrechts University in Kiel, Germany.
  • throwuwu 3y ago
    Yes and the material irradiated by the explosion itself is not very dangerous after a few weeks especially if you’re in a hermetically sealed space suit that prevents you from ingesting any of it. After 1 to 5 years there’d be very little left except for any small amounts of uranium or plutonium that were not fissioned but due to the Moon’s low gravity and lack of atmosphere a lot of these particles will be flung into space or so widely dispersed that there are unlikely to be any hot spots. Also, the hand wringing about adding a crater to the Moon’s surface is just laughable. The whole surface is cratered, a tiny man made one wouldn’t even be noticeable.