TY - JOUR
T1 - Mars' surface radiation environment measured with the Mars science laboratory's curiosity rover
AU - MSL Science Team
AU - Hassler, Donald M.
AU - Zeitlin, Cary
AU - Wimmer-Schweingruber, Robert F.
AU - Ehresmann, Bent
AU - Rafkin, Scot
AU - Eigenbrode, Jennifer L.
AU - Brinza, David E.
AU - Weigle, Gerald
AU - Böttcher, Stephan
AU - Böhm, Eckart
AU - Burmeister, Soenke
AU - Guo, Jingnan
AU - Köhler, Jan
AU - Martin, Cesar
AU - Reitz, Guenther
AU - Cucinotta, Francis A.
AU - Kim, Myung Hee
AU - Grinspoon, David
AU - Bullock, Mark A.
AU - Posner, Arik
AU - Gómez-Elvira, Javier
AU - Vasavada, Ashwin
AU - Grotzinger, John P.
AU - Kemppinen, Osku
AU - Cremers, David
AU - Bell, James F.
AU - Edgar, Lauren
AU - Farmer, Jack
AU - Godber, Austin
AU - Wadhwa, Meenakshi
AU - Wellington, Danika
AU - McEwan, Ian
AU - Newman, Claire
AU - Richardson, Mark
AU - Charpentier, Antoine
AU - Peret, Laurent
AU - King, Penelope
AU - Blank, Jennifer
AU - Schmidt, Mariek
AU - Li, Shuai
AU - Milliken, Ralph
AU - Robertson, Kevin
AU - Sun, Vivian
AU - Baker, Michael
AU - Edwards, Christopher
AU - Farley, Kenneth
AU - Griffes, Jennifer
AU - Miller, Hayden
AU - Newcombe, Megan
AU - Hardgrove, Craig
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) on the Mars Science Laboratory 's Curiosity rover began making detailed measurements of the cosmic ray and energetic particle radiation environment on the surface of Mars on 7 August 2012. We report and discuss measurements of the absorbed dose and dose equivalent from galactic cosmic rays and solar energetic particles on the martian surface for ∼300 days of observations during the current solar maximum. These measurements provide insight into the radiation hazards associated with a human mission to the surface of Mars and provide an anchor point with which to model the subsurface radiation environment, with implications for microbial survival times of any possible extant or past life, as well as for the preservation of potential organic biosignatures of the ancient martian environment.
AB - The Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) on the Mars Science Laboratory 's Curiosity rover began making detailed measurements of the cosmic ray and energetic particle radiation environment on the surface of Mars on 7 August 2012. We report and discuss measurements of the absorbed dose and dose equivalent from galactic cosmic rays and solar energetic particles on the martian surface for ∼300 days of observations during the current solar maximum. These measurements provide insight into the radiation hazards associated with a human mission to the surface of Mars and provide an anchor point with which to model the subsurface radiation environment, with implications for microbial survival times of any possible extant or past life, as well as for the preservation of potential organic biosignatures of the ancient martian environment.
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U2 - 10.1126/science.1244797
DO - 10.1126/science.1244797
M3 - Article
C2 - 24324275
AN - SCOPUS:84892908357
SN - 0036-8075
VL - 343
JO - Science
JF - Science
IS - 6169
M1 - 1244797
ER -