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Old 7th November 2011 | 21:54
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zxccxz
 
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cosmic radiation change with altitude

Hello guys,

just made a graph with data from cari-6 which is a nasa program to calculate inflight radiation.

It should be self explanatory, but in the bottom right I made an example to help you understand:

if you cruise for 1 hour at 35000ft you get a nice 3.86 uSv of radiation
if you do the same at 41000ft you get +40% of that!

Hope this helps you to make an INFORMED decision next time you have to decide if you want to save fuel!

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