People withstand radiation on Mars

Astronauts on a long-term mission to Mars will face significant radiation, but fortunately they can still withstand.

Cosmic radiation data collected by the Curiosity self-propelled device, abbreviated as RAD, shows that astronauts will experience a total of about 1,1 sievert (radiation unit) over two years half done Mars mission, according to Space.com to lead information from NASA.

The Curiosity autonomous device provided information about the amount of radiation on Mars

This two-and-a-half-year mission includes 180 days of flying to Mars, 600 days on the surface of the red planet and another 180 days returning to Earth.

Don Hassler of the Southwest Research Institute (USA) said that the limited amount of radiation in the astronaut's career was calculated in sieverts.

Radiation on the surface of Mars is about 0.7 millisievert / day, equivalent to 0.4 to 1 millisievert / day in low orbit regions.

The amount of radiation on the new journey is worrisome, with an average of 1.9 millisievert per day for 8 months.

'We can survive on the Martian surface , ' Hassler said, and he stressed that the hardest part was the long journey to the red planet.