2007-05-18 16:27:53 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Yes. The Moon is beyond the Van Allen belts.
2007-05-18 16:33:20 · answer #1 · answered by novangelis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The amount of radiation you end up getting exposed to depends on how long you were exposed to it. If you hurry through it, you'll get a minimal dose - say, the equivalent of spending one day on Earth normally in an hour instead. If you camp out there, it will eventually kill you. But we send the astronauts through fast.
2007-05-18 23:51:52 · answer #2 · answered by eri 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Modern spacecraft and suits protects the astronauts from normal levels of solar/cosmic radiation.
2007-05-18 23:38:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We can and have. Several times.
Actually we went 'around' them since they are strongest near the poles.
Nice headband on your avatar.
2007-05-18 23:58:32 · answer #4 · answered by Richard of Fort Bend 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think we can go THROUGH them, but we can go around them. they're belts, they're not like a big blanket around the planet.
2007-05-18 23:37:07 · answer #5 · answered by gwarguy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Duh.... We managed to get to the Moon âº
Doug
2007-05-18 23:31:40 · answer #6 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋