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A Self-Replicating Radiation-Shield for Human Deep-Space Exploration: Radiotrophic Fungi can Attenuate Ionizing Radiation aboard the International Space Station
Graham K. Shunk, Xavier R. Gomez, Nils J. H. Averesch
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.16.205534
Graham K. Shunk
1Higher Orbits “Go For Launch!” Program
2North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Physics Department, Durham NC, United States
Xavier R. Gomez
1Higher Orbits “Go For Launch!” Program
3University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, United States
Nils J. H. Averesch
4Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
5Universities Space Research Association, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States

- Supplemental Material 1[supplements/205534_file02.pdf]
- Supplemental Material 2[supplements/205534_file03.xlsx]
Posted July 17, 2020.
A Self-Replicating Radiation-Shield for Human Deep-Space Exploration: Radiotrophic Fungi can Attenuate Ionizing Radiation aboard the International Space Station
Graham K. Shunk, Xavier R. Gomez, Nils J. H. Averesch
bioRxiv 2020.07.16.205534; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.16.205534
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