If possible can you also send me some links that I can follow up on regarding this question!
2007-04-14 06:18:17 · 11 answers · asked by matt g 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Larry Trainor flew the Van Allen radiation belts in the early '60s and survived, but he became a radioactive, see-through monstrosity who had to be swathed in radiation proof bandages like a mummy for the safety of other people.
On the plus side, it enabled him to release a radioactive energy being from his body for 60 seconds at a time that could do quite a number of useful things.
You win some you lose some, I guess.
2007-04-14 06:26:21 · answer #1 · answered by mrsullenbeauty 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't have any links for u,but I did work for NASA and sat the tracking console in Goddard in D.C. Many have flown through it and the only problem is the ionization that happens . so u must turn off all high voltage or u can have an arc over and damage something. The Van Allen belt is the ozone layer .
2007-04-14 10:07:35 · answer #2 · answered by JOHNNIE B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The link in the source says the Van Allen belts are safe to pass through if you do it quickly, like Apollo did. By the way, one Gemini entered them too.
2007-04-14 06:25:24 · answer #3 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you stayed in the van allen belts for a long time the radiation could be deadly, but if you just pass through them they are not.
i know www.badastronomy.com talks a bit about the belts in relation to the Apollo program and how the astronauts made it through them.
2007-04-14 08:55:56 · answer #4 · answered by Tim C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they can survive if they be there for 1 or 2 days but they can not survive if they be there for a week or more cause the radiation destroys the brain cells and the other parts of the body
2007-04-14 06:30:21 · answer #5 · answered by suerena 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe, but I couldn't survive a "Van Halen" reunion tour.
2007-04-17 23:22:32 · answer #6 · answered by Lefty 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NASA as of 2015 no way pssible do your research
2016-05-18 13:31:27 · answer #7 · answered by Greg 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as they don't say in them to long.
Check out badastronomy.com
2007-04-14 06:25:32 · answer #8 · answered by Walking Man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
30 Apollo astronauts say they can.
2007-04-14 21:10:38 · answer #9 · answered by Nomadd 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes, by staying out of them.
2007-04-14 06:21:17 · answer #10 · answered by Always Right 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋