there's just no way, they had no idea what sort of radiation they'd be exposed to on the other side of the belts,
Quoting: UK Coward 20739758 Both the USA and the Soviets had send probes to the Moon before any manned mission beyond the VABs.
It was NOT an unknown environment.
the belts act as a form of shield that help soak up cosmic radiation.
Quoting: UK Coward 20739758 Only the low energetic charged particle radiation, not the high energetic cosmic rays, and certainly not anything in EM like x-rays.
So, mostly solar protons and electrons.
They had no aluminum shielding. They walked around on the moon and they should have been fried
Quoting: UK Coward 20739758 It's spelt
aluminium.
What are the types and fluxes of radiation on the surface of the Moon?
How much shielding did the suits provide?
What was the duration of the exposure?
Without answers to these questions "should have" is just an uneducated guess.
