Would a human survive outside the Van Allen's Belt?

Answer 1

This is complete and utter nonsense. The van Allen belts are regions above the Earth's surface where the Earth's magnetic field has trapped particles of the solar wind. They form a donut around the earth and have no role whatsoever to the protection of the earth form cosmic radiation of any kind. Actually they are more of a nuissance for space travel and high orbiting satellites. There was even research on how to remove them!

Your question might relate to humans travelling through the van Allen belts. Well inside this region of space there is an increased density of harmful radiation. . An unprotected man would indeed get a lethal dose of radiation, if he stayed there long enough. Actually, the Apollo spaceship traveled through the belts pretty quickly, getting past them in an hour or so. There simply wasn't enough time to get a lethal dose, and, as a matter of fact, the metal hull of the spaceship did indeed block most of the radiation.

Answer 2

How long?

As Heinz M said, short periods of time outside the Van Allen Belt won't kill you, but it will increase your exposure to harmful rays from the Sun. Not a good thing to do long term. It woud be even more harmful than smoking.

Answer 3

Naked? of course not, we can't survive naked in space. With protection? Of course, the Van Allen belt protects us as a ship and/or suit can. Please define your terms.

Answer 4

Sure- with enough shielding its fairly easy. Our atmosphere is equal to about 12" of lead. Teflon is a good sheild also

Answer 5

If we couldn't all the guys that went to the moon would be dead.

Answer 6

no it protects us prom the solar winds