An Insider's Guide to Designing Spacecraft Systems and Instruments for Operation in the Natural Space Radiation Environment

Ken LaBel
NASA/GSFC

In this talk, we will discuss the implications of the natural space radiation environment on spacecraft systems with a focus on microelectronic and photonic technologies. Included topic areas are:

- A review of the environment and basic effects on technologies,

- Concerns over emerging technologies, and

- System level method for radiation hardness assurance (RHA) including a discussion of mitigative approaches.