Space
"The
uncertainty of the space radiation environment can lead to
significant risks to both humans and electronics."
Ian Thomson
Founding Member
Thomson Nielsen (now Best Medical Canada)
Best Medical Canada provides a solution through on-board spacecraft monitoring
- Conduct research and development work for various space agencies
- Developed several types of radiation monitors for Total Ionizing Dose, as well as Single Event Effects (SEE), for the Canadian Space Agency and the European Space Agency.
- Flight Models of Dose-Depth and SEU monitors delivered to the UK DERA to be integrated on the Science and Technology Research Vehicle (STRV 1c).
- MOSFET dosimeters have flown on MIR Space Station to determine astronaut doses over long periods of time.
- A different type of MOSFET dosimeter has flown on the outside of BION-10 and BION-11 to monitor radiation damage to external spacecraft materials.
- Work with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and NASA; recently developed an experiment to measure crew doses in EVA during International Space Station construction. EVARM PROJECT.
- Flown on the International Space Station during EVA's.
- Currently working with Canadian & Russian Space Agencies on radiation dose to internal organs using a phantom. MATROSHKA ARTICLE.
- Launched the Space Radiation Monitor System on board the Bigelow Genesis I satellite. BIGELOW ARTICLE.
In Addition
- We offer radiation hardness assurance work from modeling through testing for total dose and SEE's
- This work includes simulation of radiation effects for specific spacecraft orbits and shielding
- We provide consultation services to aerospace companies in search for radiation tolerant components for Total Dose and SEE.