Originally posted by DodgeG1
I'm not to sure that we went to the moon, common sense tells you that once you leave the earths atmosphere the radiation would be too high
surely???
But they managed to survive it by wearing tin foil !!! Genious Idea!
Common sense should also tell you to go research before spouting off nonsense.
There are many types of radiation, some more harmful than others. A bunch of proton radiation, known as the Van Allen Belts, surrounds the Earth.
Protons are not nearly as harmful as say gamma radiation. A Proton can be blocked by a peice of wood. Although there is a high concentration of them
around Earth, short term exposure is fairly harmless. The sun can give off more harmful radiation, but it's not always doing that constantly. They
just went durring a period where the sun wasn't so active, if i remember that correctly.
The astronauts didn't wear tinfoil, nor did there ship have any. The LM had some gold foil on it though. The astronauts suit was composed of 25
layers of differnt materials.
Next time, check your facts eh?