> Is the ISS somehow better protected near earth than in deep space? yes but it'...

		bvm on Nov 28, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: British engineers develop process to turn moon dus... > Is the ISS somehow better protected near earth than in deep space? yes but it's incredibly complicated, radiation comes from multiple sources. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Atlantic_Anomaly and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Allen_radiation_belt