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VARB repeatedly, and with no negative consequences to human health or to the functioning of
electronics. Added to this, the Apollo missions occurred during a period known as a “solar
maximum” when the radiation from the Sun is at its peak.
NASA has contended since the Apollo missions that the astronauts were able to travel through the
VARB without harm due to the brief amount of time they were traversing it. Such a statement
contradicts the remarks in the video above on the Orion Program. Additionally, since the Apollo
astronauts would have been outside of the protective barrier of Earth’s geomagnetic field which
prevents high energy electrons and other charged particles from striking the Earth, they would have
been exposed to this dangerous radiation during most of their mission time, including while on the
surface of the Moon. Each of the Apollo missions lasted 8-12 days. That is a lot of time for men to
be exposed to space radiation without the benefit of adequate shielding.
NASA has stated that Moon rocks can be identified in part by their radioactivity. Because the Moon
lacks a strong magnetic field, and has no appreciable atmosphere, cosmic radiation bombards the
surface of the Moon continually. This causes Moon rocks to become radioactive. I will repeat an
excerpt taken from one of NASA’s websites that I cited previously in this writing.
Just as meteoroids constantly bombard the Moon so do cosmic rays, and they leave their fingerprints
on Moon rocks, too. “There are isotopes in Moon rocks, isotopes we don't normally find on Earth,
that were created by nuclear reactions with the highest-energy cosmic rays,” says McKay. Earth
is spared from such radiation by our protective atmosphere and magnetosphere.
Even if scientists wanted to make something like a Moon rock by, say, bombarding an Earth rock
with high energy atomic nuclei, they couldn't. Earth's most powerful particle accelerators can't
energize particles to match the most potent cosmic rays, which are themselves accelerated in
supernova blastwaves and in the violent cores of galaxies.
[Source: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2001/ast23feb_2/]
It stands to reason that if Moon rocks are being exposed to “the highest-energy cosmic rays,” then
so too would be any man who is standing on the Lunar surface. In 1998, the Space Shuttle Discovery
on mission number STS-95, ascended to a higher orbit than typical for Shuttle missions. Most
Shuttle missions did not pass much beyond 200 miles elevation above the Earth’s surface. NASA
lists STS-95's orbital elevation as 310 miles, but various reports state that it exceeded 350 miles. At
that elevation the astronauts aboard the Shuttle Discovery reported seeing flashes of light with their
eyes shut which they described as “shooting stars.” This phenomenon was caused by space radiation
penetrating the shuttle’s shielding, their space suit shielding, passing through their skulls, and
striking the retinas of their eyes. CNN reported on this event, stating the following:
The radiation belt surrounding Earth may be more dangerous for space-walking astronauts than
previously believed. Scientists say the phenomena known as the Van Allen Belts can spawn killer
electrons when the Earth’s magnetic field changes. These electrons that are being studied could
have an important effect not only on satellites, which has happened in the past, but could also effect
the astronauts by creating large doses of radiation that could influence their health. The electrons
can penetrate through various materials, including spacesuits and can pass through, in fact, the
walls of the space station and can create high charges deep inside of these objects.