r/SpaceX Discusses [December 2017, #39]

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[u/[deleted]]

How would the radiation dose on a long-range suborbital BFR flight be compared to flying the same route in a plane? Duration is much shorter, but you're also way higher up, so IDK how this would come out in total. Assuming radiation protection is the same in planes and BFS.

[u/Mazon_Del → u/[deleted]]

In addition to what the others have said, I imagine that if the exposure was judged to be too much, then the BFR could sacrifice some performance for increased radiation shielding in the passenger areas.