Interplanetary Space Weather and Its Planetary Connection
Abstract
Interplanetary travel is not just a science fiction scenario anymore, but a goal as realistic as when our ancestors started to cross the oceans. With curiosity driving humans to visit other planets in our solar system, the understanding of interplanetary space weather is a vital subject today, particularly because the physical conditions faced during a space vehicle's transit to its targeted solar system object are crucial to a mission's success and vital to the health and safety of spacecraft crew, especially when scheduling planned extravehicular activities.
- Publication:
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Space Weather
- Pub Date:
- January 2008
- DOI:
- 10.1029/2007SW000361
- Bibcode:
- 2008SpWea...6.1003C
- Keywords:
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- Space Weather: General or miscellaneous;
- Space Weather: Space radiation environment;
- Space Weather: Impacts on humans