{"id":754,"date":"2013-02-20T17:07:08","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T17:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=754"},"modified":"2013-02-20T17:07:08","modified_gmt":"2013-02-20T17:07:08","slug":"sci-tech-darpa-rfi-for-defusing-the-threat-of-ionizing-radiation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=754","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: DARPA RFI for defusing the threat of ionizing radiation"},"content":{"rendered":"

DARPA is seeking proposals for projects to investigate ways to mitigate the health effects of ionizing radiation: DARPA Seeks to Defuse the Threat of Ionizing Radiation – DARPA<\/a><\/p>\n

DARPA releases request for information on novel approaches to mitigate immediate and long-term health damage from acute exposure to ionizing radiation and model its biophysical effects<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The program is aimed at dealing with terrestrial situations but if it results in useful treatments, the would be useful for space explorers and settlers if they are subjected to high radiation doses when exposed to a solar flare event with insufficient shielding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DARPA is seeking proposals for projects to investigate ways to mitigate the health effects of ionizing radiation: DARPA Seeks to Defuse the Threat of Ionizing Radiation – DARPA DARPA releases request for information on novel approaches to mitigate immediate and long-term health damage from acute exposure to ionizing radiation and model its biophysical effects The … Continue reading Sci-Tech: DARPA RFI for defusing the threat of ionizing radiation<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-living-in-space","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-ca","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":307,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=307","url_meta":{"origin":754,"position":0},"title":"European Student Earth Orbiter (ESEO) aims for 2015 launch","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 30, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's an update on the European Student Earth Orbiter (ESEO) project, which currently involves 9 European\u00a0 universities : ESA\u2019s student satellite takes important step towards space -\u00a0 Education\/ESA The mission\u2019s primary goal is to provide students with extensive, hands-on experience of a space project. 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