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Risks in space

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2003

ARNOLD WOLFENDALE
ARNOLD WOLFENDALE
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Durham, Durham DH1 3LE, UK. E-mail: A.W.Wolfendale@durham.ac.uk
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Abstract

The human species is beset by ‘risks’; one of which is related to its exposed position on the Earth as it travels through cosmic space. An examination is made of the major risks – those associated with cometary impact, with solar emissions and with the explosions of nearby stars. Estimates are given of the risks associated with trying to avoid the effect of these phenomena. Not surprisingly it is concluded that more work is necessary.

Type
Research Article
Information
European Review , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , February 2003 , pp. 77 - 90
Copyright
© Academia Europaea 2003

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