Be careful up there.The story "Stormy storm·y adj. storm·i·er, storm·i·est 1. Subject to, characterized by, or affected by storms; tempestuous. 2. weather" (SN: 1/13/01, p. 26) carries some statements that I think need clarification: "If high-energy protons happen to strike astronauts outside the shelter of their spacecraft spacecraft Vehicle designed to operate, with or without a crew, in a controlled flight pattern above Earth's lower atmosphere. Since streamlining is not needed in the high vacuum of this environment, a spacecraft's shape is designed according to its mission (see , they could be severely injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. " or even killed. "Because the ionosphere ionosphere (īŏn`əsfēr), series of concentric ionized layers forming part of the upper atmosphere of the earth from around 30 to 50 mi (50 to 80 km) to 250 to 370 mi (400 to 600 km) where it merges with the magnetosphere, the region absorbs much of the protons' energy, they don't pose a threat to people or electrical systems on Earth." However, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Scales describe the biological effect of solar storms Solar storm can refer to:
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