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byMr. Dollar Ton ( 5495648 ) writes:
Sounds like a lot of claptrap, "we did an experiment on ISS, but we did not measure the effective dose and our conclusions are inconclusive".
https://www.frontiersin.org/jo... [frontiersin.org]
byGravis Zero ( 934156 ) writes:
Sounds like a lot of claptrap, "we did an experiment on ISS, but we did not measure the effective dose and our conclusions are inconclusive".
What are you talking about? Did you even read the paper?!
Experimental Setup:
The flight hardware was housed in a 4 × 4 × 8 double unit standard-size CubeLab hardware module and consisted of the following main components: two Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ (Raspberry Pi Foundation, Caldecote, Cambs., UK) single-board computers, EP-0104 DockerPi PowerBoard (Adafruit Industries, New York, NY, US), PocketGeiger Type5 (Radiation Watch, Miyagi, JP) with the PIN photodiode X100-7 SMD (First Sensor AG, Berlin, DE), Raspberry Pi Camera v2 (Raspberry Pi Foundation, Caldecote, Cambridgeshire, UK) light source (0.8 W LED-strip) for imaging, DHT22 integrated environmental sensor suite (Aosong Electronics Co. Ltd, Huangpu District, Guangzhou, CN) for temperature and humidity readings, a real-time WatchDog timer (Brentek International Inc., York, PA, US), and D6F-P0010A1 (Omron Electronics LLC, Hoffman Estates, IL, US) electronic flow-measurement system. One Raspberry Pi (“auxiliary-computer”) running Raspbian v10.18 was dedicated to photography, lighting, temperature, humidity, and electronic flow measurement (EFM) readings, while the second Raspberry Pi (“flight-computer”) controlled radiation measurements, stored in a probed Logger Memobox (Fluke Corporation, Everett, WA, US). T
Conclusion:
With a basic experimental setup implemented as a single small payload on the ISS, it could be shown that the dematiaceous fungus C. sphaerospermum can be cultivated in space while being subjected to the unique microgravity and radiation environment of LEO. Growth characteristics indicated an advantage of cultivation on-orbit compared to the ground control. This could be associated with increased radiation in space, potentially causing a radioadaptive response of the microbe, as has been suggested in analogous Earth-based studies. Further, monitoring radiation throughout the experiment indicated that the melanized fungal biomass may have radioprotective properties in space.
byMr. Dollar Ton ( 5495648 ) writes:
Yes, I did.
Radiation Measurements in Space
Due to the nature of the employed radiation sensors (PIN photodiode), dosimetric data was not obtained.
Learn not to scroll through the words, but also figure out what they mean.
bypiojo ( 995934 ) writes:
Can you explain how those particular words are relevant to the matter at hand? It seems like it's saying they failed to record the radiation levels. But we know the ISS has a lot more radiation exposure than normal terrestrial environments.
byviperidaenz ( 2515578 ) writes:
I think it can be summed up as "Mr. Dollar Ton is a grumpy old boomer that doesn't understand something, so berates anyone who dares challenge his world view"
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