{"id":29093,"date":"2012-08-03T17:54:06","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T23:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/03\/radiation-in-spaaaaaaaaace.html"},"modified":"2012-08-14T09:33:41","modified_gmt":"2012-08-14T15:33:41","slug":"radiation-in-spaaaaaaaaace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/03\/radiation-in-spaaaaaaaaace.html","title":{"rendered":"Radiation! In! SPAAAAAAAAACE!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A cool thing I hadn&#39;t heard about with the Curiosity probe is that it&#39;s been measuring radiation levels inside its spacecraft, so that we have a better idea about how astronauts might fare. Clever!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reshared post from +<a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/105854477836714634695'>Jim Feig<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.gawkerassets.com%2Fimg%2F17uuwmx95pwd5jpg%2Foriginal.jpg' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5931650\/mars-curiosity-makes-first-discovery++and-its-crucial-for-human-interplanetary-travel'>Mars Curiosity Makes First Discovery\u2014And It&#39;s Crucial for Human Interplanetary Travel<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Mars Curiosity hasn&#39;t even made it to Mars yet and it&#39;s already made a discovery that vital the future of manned space travel: The exact type of radiation astronauts would likely encounter on thei&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'><strong>Google+:<\/strong> Reshared <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/3Zyaryy77rX' target='_new'>1<\/a> times<br \/> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/3Zyaryy77rX' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A cool thing I hadn&#39;t heard about with the Curiosity probe is that it&#39;s been measuring radiation levels inside its spacecraft, so that we have a better idea about how astronauts might fare. Clever! Reshared post from +Jim Feig Embedded Link Mars Curiosity Makes First Discovery\u2014And It&#39;s Crucial for Human Interplanetary Travel The Mars Curiosity &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/03\/radiation-in-spaaaaaaaaace.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Radiation! In! 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