In one age, called the Second Age by some,
   (an Age yet to come, an Age long past)
      someone claiming to be Tommy wrote
         in message <1829063.dLWRjNsVNr@FreeBSD>: 

Roger wrote:

In one age, called the Second Age by some,
   (an Age yet to come, an Age long past)
      someone claiming to be Tommy wrote
         in message <4390685.qrZmzJIHLo@FreeBSD>:

N:dlzc D:aol T:com (dlzc) wrote:

Are you comparing the radiation from mere x-ray machines to that of the
VA-Belts? Uhhhhhhh, Ok. <snicker>

Yes.  The Van Allen belts are only Earth's magnetic field.  The rest is
powered by the solar wind.  The same stuff that has buffeted every
satellite that has travelled to Venus, Mars, and outwards.  How many of
those have been fried by radiation?  None.  Even when we didn't know how
to do proper shielding, none were lost.

Try not to be ignorant, by peddling someone else's crap.

Do you not understand basic orbital mechanics? Hint 'outwards' (VS)
'upwards'

Which changes the facts about the VAB... how?

tommikins hasn't had time to be spoon fed a lie about this...

Where *are* you figures, tommikins?

Nor this...

As for you claim of 'low radiation' Read what NASA has to say about the
radiation belts/VA-Belts.
http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/wradbelt.html

P.S.
Try not to believe everything you see on TV.

So, this site can be believed on these details, right ittle tommikins?

Including, one must assume:

http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/FAQs4.html#q48

  <quote>

On the Art Bell radio show last night I heard a fellow state that the
Van Allen radiation belt's level of radiation was/is so intense...
that for the 2 hours each way that our astronauts would have spent in
it would have been fatal to them and therefore man being on the moon
was impossible to have happened.

    He also specified that whatever shielding was present on their
craft would not have spared them.

    Would you be so kind as to illuminate me about the credibility and
scientific accuracy of his claims regarding the Van Allen belt's level
of radiation ?

Reply

    The argument which you raised keeps coming back in my e-mail; see
for instance
        http://www.phy6.org/stargaze/StarFAQ4,htm#68

    The answer is always--no. The radiation is bad, but not THAT bad.
Astronauts went through the belt quickly, and the dosage was minimal.
Two hours were certainly not enough to kill anyone--two weeks, maybe,
I am not sure (the dosage to the skin would be heavy, but to the heart
or brain much less so because most of the inner belt protons do not
penetrate far).

  </quote>

You really ought to read these sources to be sure then don't directly
contradict you, you know.

I've told you before, research *first*, *think* about it, *then* post.

And you buy into this crap? 

It's *your* source?  Are you now claiming it's crap?  Then why did you
cite it?

Hell, two hours in an x-ray machine would cause
you harm. When x-rays are taken, it's just a flash. Look at what happens to
those that take chemo..Funny thing that the Astronauts didn't lose one hair
on their head..<Note Sarcasim>

The radiation is bad, but not THAT bad......Yeah right.

And you can supply the figures from a reputable source to support your
sneering, right?