https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1805.01643/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19942840urn:hackerpapers:mention:1805.01643:19942840Fri, 17 May 2019 19:40:37 GMT<p>Thanks, I can hardly get my head around the fact that Apollo 11 received just 0.38 rads passing through an inner belt that can easily reach 100 MeV. For whatever this paper is worth [0], unpredictable solar activity is a major driver on coming out dead or alive as an astronaut. So manned missions are left mostly to luck?? Any details on the optimal path followed by Apollo/Falcon spaceflights or scenario analysis on solar activity impact on manned missions would be greatly appreciated [0] Radiation Analysis for Moon and Mars Missions - https://arxiv.org/pdf/1805.01643.pdf</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1805.01643/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>physics.space-ph