Shielding for Space Ships

Shields for the Star ship Enterprise : Ruth Bamford, Robert Bingham and Mike Hapgood discuss the physics behind shielding spacecraft from solar and cosmic radiation with minimagnetospheres.

Star Trek plasma shields: Measurements and modelling of a diamagnetic cavity.

Expansion of a plasma cloud into the solar wind.

Plasma Radiation Shield: Concept and Applications to Space Vehicles.

Shields for the Starship Enterprise: The Mini Magnetospheres Program.

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Radiation Effects/Risks

Investigations into Biological Effects of Radiation Using the GSI Accelerator Facility.

Mars Radiation Risk Assessment and Shielding Design for Long-Term Exposure to Ionizing Space Radiation.

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Shielding for Astronauts

Shielding Space Explorers From Cosmic Rays : Expert opinions are split on the most promising strategies for protecting astronauts from the dangers of cancer-inducing radiation in Space.

Revolutionary Concepts of Radiation Shielding for Human Exploration of Space.

Shielding Astronauts from Cosmic Rays.

Surface Charged Smart Skin Technology for Heat Protection, propulsion and Radiation Screening.

Will Mighty Magnets Protect Voyagers to Planets?

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Plasma Physics

Creation and expansion of a magnetized plasma bubble for plasma propulsion.

Very High Mach-Number Electrostatic Shocks in Collisionless Plasmas.

Wide ultrarelativistic plasma-beam–magnetic-barrier collision.

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Solar Wind Activity

Expansion of a plasma cloud into the solar wind.

Theory of wave activity occurring in the AMPTE artificial comet.

High-speed solarwind streams and geospace interactions.

Simulations of CME’s and solar energetic particle production.

Solar Wind Interaction with Artificial Atmospheres.

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Laboratory Experiments

Hybrid simulations of mini-magnetospheres in the laboratory.

“Raise Shields, Scotty”: Initial Experimental Results of a Laboratory Mini “Mini-Magnetosphere” for Astronaut Protection.

Measurements of the creation of a diamagnetic cavity and transport barrier in a laboratory supersonic plasma and comparison with computer simulations.

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Propulsion

Physical Problems of Artificial Magnetospheric Propulsion.

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Solar System

The Rough Guide to the Moon and Mars.

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