John Hearns wrote: > 2009/4/24 Prentice Bisbal <prent...@ias.edu>: >> Last time this issue came up, he included links to several papers on >> this topic published by Boeing. As you go up in the atmosphere, the >> [prevalence|probability|concentration] of cosmic rays goes up >> significantly. Boeing has done a lot of research on this topic, since it >> can affect the operation of their [products|weapons]. > > I don't have time to Google at the moment - I'm making obeisances at > the altar of a supercomputer - but wasn;t there a large dose for every > Concorde flight? Did the flight crew have to wear radiation badges, or > am I going dotty in my old age?
Not much of a dose at all. They had detectors on board to quantify exposures. http://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/01/opinion/l-don-t-worry-about-air-travel-radiation-doses-concorde-no-riskier-105790.html -- Geoffrey D. Jacobs _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
