**Acknowledgements**

The authors would like to express gratitude for offered financial support and expertise that enabled the publishing of this chapter. Gratitude is extended to the European Space Agency, TRAD Tests & Radiations, Inserm the National Institute of Health and Medical Research, and the Department of Mechanics, Structures and Materials of ISAE-SUPAERO, l'Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace. Specifically, the authors would like to thank Dr. Advenit Makaya from ESA and the experts from TRAD Tests & Radiations for their expertise and implication in the project called Protective Use of Regolith for Planetary and Lunar Exploration (PURPLE), which is the framework under which this chapter was developed. At ISAE-SUPAERO, the authors would like to thank V. Godivier and X. Foulquier.

*Regolith and Radiation: The Cosmic Battle DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.101437*
