Final report of the Advisory Committee for Radiation Biology Aspects of the SST: cosmic radiation exposure in supersonic and subsonic flight.

The main body of this document consists of four major sections: A) An introduction describing the scope of Committee operations and providing a brief exposition of the concepts of radiation protection; B) A survey of experimental and theoretical data on cosmic radiations that have been obtained in individual research projects with emphasis on investigations that were performed under the sponsorship of the Committee. The studies evaluate galactic and solar radiation as a function of altitude and magnetic latitude; C) Best current estimates of cosmic radiation levels in the atmosphere; and D) Radiation protection recommendations dealing with maximum permissible doses and operational aspects covering satellite warning systems, on-board instrumentation, and forecasting. Nine annexes submitted by individual authors cover various of these subjects in greater detail.