Featured scientist: Prof R Du Toit Strauss‘For the typical person the effect of cosmic radiation plays no role in her or his everyday life. However, we are all affected by the fact that, once we are beyond the protective bubble formed by the Earth’s atmosphere and geomagnetic field, the radiation due to these cosmic particles becomes a serious health concern. This particularly affects flight crew and astronauts on board the International Space Station, but even more so for planned crewed missions to the Moon, Mars, and eventually destinations beyond our solar system. Therefore, the goal of our cosmic ray research is to be able to model and predict these radiation levels and thereby mitigate any harmful effects,’ says physicist Prof R Du Toit Strauss of North-West University (NWU) and Head of Node (North) of NITheCS.https://p22.juizi.com/nithecs/news/featured-scientist-prof-r-du-toit-strausshttps://p22.juizi.com/nithecs/news/featured-scientist-prof-r-du-toit-strauss/@@images/image-1200-018625150644e7156029fbb6e8348d47.jpeg
Featured scientist: Prof R Du Toit Strauss
‘For the typical person the effect of cosmic radiation plays no role in her or his everyday life. However, we are all affected by the fact that, once we are beyond the protective bubble formed by the Earth’s atmosphere and geomagnetic field, the radiation due to these cosmic particles becomes a serious health concern. This particularly affects flight crew and astronauts on board the International Space Station, but even more so for planned crewed missions to the Moon, Mars, and eventually destinations beyond our solar system. Therefore, the goal of our cosmic ray research is to be able to model and predict these radiation levels and thereby mitigate any harmful effects,’ says physicist Prof R Du Toit Strauss of North-West University (NWU) and Head of Node (North) of NITheCS.
