From: joe@strout.net   
      
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    "res17uuf"  wrote:   
      
   > I'm doing a research project for school on the apollo missions and I have   
   > been having trouble finding information on what was used to shield the   
   > apollo vehicles when they passed through the van allen belts. I've found   
   > some radiation statistics I'm curious how they solved this problem. also it   
   > is kinda needed for my project.Can anyone help? Thanks,   
      
   I'm not an authority, but I believe there was no particular shielding   
   for passing through the belts.  The walls of the spacecraft are like   
   aluminum foil; I don't think they attenuate the radiation at all.  The   
   strategy for passing through the belts was simply to do so as quickly as   
   possible, to minimize the accumulated radiation damage.   
      
   Best,   
   - Joe   
      
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