Space Radiation and Astronaut Health : Managing and Communicating Cancer Risks / contributors, Committee on Assessment of Strategies for Managing Cancer Risks Associated with Radiation Exposure During Crewed Space Missions [and five others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Division on Earth and Life Studies

Health and Medicine Division

Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board

Board on Health Care Services

Board on Health Sciences Policy

Committee on Assessment of Strategies for Managing Cancer Risks Associated with Radiation Exposure During Crewed Space Missions

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Assessment of Strategies for Managing Cancer Risks Associated with Radiation Exposure During Crewed Space Missions, contributor.

Series:

Consensus study report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Extraterrestrial radiation--Safety measures.

Extraterrestrial radiation.

Astronauts--Health and hygiene.

Astronauts.

Astronauts--Health risk assessment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (145 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : The National Academies Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Astronauts face unique health-related risks during crewed space missions, and longer-duration missions that extend to greater distances in our solar system (including to the Moon and Mars) will likely increase those risks. Cancer risks due to ionizing radiation exposure are one of these health-related risks. Assessing, managing, and communicating radiation-induced cancer risks associated with spaceflight are challenging because of incomplete knowledge of the radiation environment in space, limited data on radiation-induced cellular damage mechanisms, lack of direct observations from epidemiological studies, and the complexities of understanding radiation risk. At the request of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), an ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened to provide advice on NASA's proposed updates to their space radiation health standard, which sets the allowable limit of space radiation exposure throughout the course of an astronaut's career. Space Radiation and Astronaut Health: Managing and Communicating Cancer Risks provides the committee's recommendations and conclusions regarding the updated space radiation health standard, NASA's radiation risk communication strategies, and a process for developing an ethics-informed waiver protocol for long-duration spaceflight missions." -- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Intro

FrontMatter

Reviewers

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Summary

1 Introduction

2 Space Radiation and Cancer Risks to Astronauts

3 NASA's Spaceflight Radiation Exposure Standard

4 Communicating About Radiation-Induced Cancer Risks

Appendix A: Study Methods

Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780309481915

0309481910

9780309479752

0309479754

OCLC:

1267764956