Radiation Monitoring
A potential problem for high-altitude supersonic aircraft is the possibility of magnetic disturbance near the surface of the sun called solar particle events (SPEs). SPEs can produce significant doses of ionizing radiation at high altitudes. SPEs are of short duration -- typically a few hours -- and...
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