Solar activity can be surprisingly good for astronauts

Last month, the sun went haywire. Almost every day for two weeks in early September, solar flares issued from a giant sunspot named "active region 798/808." X-rays ionized Earth’s upper atmosphere. Solar protons peppered the Moon. It was not a good time to be in space. Or was it?

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news7101.html">Solar activity can be surprisingly good for astronauts</a></p> <p>Last month, the sun went haywire. Almost every day for two weeks in early September, solar flares issued from a giant sunspot named "active region 798/808." X-rays ionized Earth’s upper atmosphere. Solar protons peppered the Moon. It was not a good time to be in space. Or was it?</p>