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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2012
Cella Energy Acquisition Limited, Didcot, Oxfordshire, GB;
Stephen Bennington, Abingdon, GB;
Arthur Lovell, Oxford, GB;
Tom Headen, Wantage, GB;
David Royse, Reading, GB;
Atahl Nathanson, Oxford, GB;
Stephen Voller, Hampshire, GB;
Gang Liu, Merritt Island, FL (US);
Stephen Perusich, Merritt Island, FL (US);
Sean McGrady, Cocoa Beach, FL (US);
Cella Acquisition Limited, Didcot, GB;
Abstract
A spacecraft and spacesuit having a radiation shield are disclosed. The shield comprises a hydrogen-containing material encapsulated or bound in a polymer. The hydrogen-containing material has a higher hydrogen content than polyethylene. The hydrogen-containing material may be: encapsulated in a polymer container, sandwiched between layers of polymer, mixed with a polymer as binder, or held in the pores of a polymer foam. The hydrogen may be a hydride or borohydride such as beryllium borohydride, ammonium octahydrotriborate, lithium borohydride tetramethyl ammonium borohydride and beryllium hydride. Methods of manufacturing the shield are also disclosed.