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What’s really sad is I quoted from the Spence et al peer reviewed article (not NBC popular press stuff) that Lord Foul linked to in the first place...

Did you even read my first question in that post? You’re just repeating your “it’s radioactive” claim without qualification. That is meaningless....

I’m glad it works, but I’m not really that interested in suborbital. Get the passenger cost down to no more than $10,000 and I’d be willing to take...

I watched a YouTube video and learned a new word, the “onosecond.” That’s the second after you make a devastating typo or mistake (especially well...

Most of my questions involved your claims that you made without supporting evidence or calculations, focusing on your general claim that the Apollo...

I’m an American and I don’t recall ever hearing that joke. Makes sense, though. It really does look different from regular aircraft especially at...

I didn’t say I couldn’t. I even gave hints, it’s not like GCR has been a foreign subject in this thread. But this is something you should do,...

You’ve already been given links and information on GCR and mission radiation doses. Anyway, this is your CT thread, you are the one that claimed the...

I really don’t understand what Bezos is thinking. I’d like to see another nimble, innovative and hungry New Space competitor but Blue Origin feels...

First, are you claiming that a massive body like the Earth or the Moon could not block GCR? Because that would be utter nonsense. The practical...

Another important point from the Spence et al article linked above: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2013SW000995 Here is a...

What, in your opinion, is the relevance of this statement to the current discussion? I have some suspicions on how you might be interpreting it, but...

LF, here is the link to the technical Spence article you supplied on page 2 of this discussion: An excellent article, I recommend you read it,...

Lord Foul, your own quote shows you to be wrong. The original expectation was that the mass of the Moon would block about half of the radiation that...

Quite true. You also need to take care to use valid evidence based data, of course, but your bare assertions get you nowhere. What? Where...

No, we don’t know that a short time on a carefully chosen trajectory through the Van Allen belt, chosen to minimize radiation exposure would “raise...

Are you finally admitting the actual Apollo radiation figures were valid, then? Of course, the shielding issue needed to be considered with the...

Something that just occurred to me, and no doubt already has to others: The Apollo LM landed twelve men on the moon, two at a time. The Starship...

It doesn’t sound like Bezos actually wanted this very much. His company is sounding less impressive by the day. Too bad about Dynetics, I liked...

Maybe, maybe not. I think we are seeing the beginning of a new technological and industrial revolution in space development. And right now the US...

I understand that you are desperately trying to ignore the shielding effect on GCR by being on or near the Moon, and that you don’t want to admit you...

Well, they would need to completely self fund. Apparently a big reason SpaceX won out is they were willing to spend so much on development on their...

If you like the first four seasons of Babylon 5, I still think the fifth season is well worth watching. For that matter, in my opinion, it took...

It will take awhile to process this. That was a nice surprise for the day.

WOW! I really am shocked. The SpaceX effort struck me as a long shot, at least in its current state of development, dependent on developing...

That’s an important point. Every so often I mention my big UFO event where, after seeing something outside my bedroom window at night, I ran out to...

Hello Clanger! Good to see you again. Thanks for the link, I’ll reserve my opinion of this discussion. However, that is a good point about the LRO...

Heck, just look at post #94 for an example of the importance of calculations on determining actual average dose and comparing it to the Apollo record.

Nonsense. You need both evidence (which you also haven’t shown) and the calculations to compare to Apollo 11 records, if you are going to claim a...

No, I don’t believe you really have that much difficulty with basic comprehension, especially since you point out the key issue yourself, we had...