EUROPA LANDER RADIATION ENVIRONMENT DEFINITION AND INITIAL SHIELDING DESIGN

Luz Maria Martinez Sierra

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

Luz Maria Martinez Sierra is a engineer at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, she has been at the lab for 2 and a half years working in the natural space environments groups. She has  experience working with radiation transport codes like MCNP and NOVICE and knowledge in nuclear physics and interactions. As part of her task she helps engineers with the dose calculation and radiation shielding design for spacecraft to help mitigate the damages.Luz Maria received a Master's degree in Engineering Physics form Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2011 and her bachelor's degree in the same field from EAFIT University in Colombia.  

Abstract

Any spacecraft exploring the Jovian system has to be designed to survive Jupiter’s hostile radiation environment, as is the case for the proposed Europa lander mission. As a highly scientifically driven mission concept, the... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Luz Maria Martinez Sierra (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology)
  2. William Mcalpine (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology)
  3. Martin Ratliff (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology)
  4. Insoo Jun (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology)
  5. Michael Cherng (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology)

Topic Areas

Modeling , Radiation Effects (e.g., SEE, TID, DDD) , Radiation

Session

Session 3 » Mission Design (14:00 - Monday, 15th May)

Paper

LanderShielding_ASEC_extended_abstract_2017_V6.docx

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