The Van Allen Belts Are Dangerous - But Didn't Keep Us From The Moon | Answers With Joe

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The Van Allen Belts are areas of high radiation where solar particles have been trapped and accelerated by the Earth's magnetic field. This has long been touted as evidence by conspiracy theorists that we couldn't have gotten to the moon. But while the Van Allen Belts are dangerous, the tenacity and genius of NASA engineers literally found a way around them. Here's how.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/09/technology/birds-arent-real-gen-z-misinformation.html

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Amy Shira Tietal's excellent video about it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLtgS2_qxJk

https://www.space.com/33948-van-allen-radiation-belts.html

https://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2013/feb/HQ_13-065_Van_Allen_Probes_Belts.html

https://xkcd.com/radiation/

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https://history.nasa.gov/afj/ap11fj/03tde.html

https://science.thewire.in/the-sciences/apollo-11-van-allen-radiation-belts-translunar-injection/

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/how-nasa-protects-astronauts-from-space-radiation-at-moon-mars-solar-cosmic-rays