You keep talking about that ...
What monkey, what spacecraft, what launch vehicle. Name and date of the mission.
Be specific.
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/files/SMIII_Problem7.pdf
Space Math http://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov
4.”Some people believe that the Apollo moon landings were a hoax because astronauts would have been instantly killed in the radiation belts.”
According to the US Occupation Safety and Health Agency (OSHA) a lethal radiation dosage is 300 Rads in one hour. What is your answer to the ‘moon landing hoax’ believers?
Note: According to radiation dosimeters carried by Apollo astronauts, their total dosage for the entire trip to the moon and return was not more than 2 Rads over 6 days.
The total dosage for the trip is only 16 Rads in 68.1 minutes. Because 68.1 minutes is equal to 1.13 hours, this is equal to a dosage of 16 Rads / 1.13 hours = 14.0 Rads in one hour, which is well below the 300 Rads in one hour that is considered to be lethal.
Also, this radiation exposure would be for an astronaut outside the spacecraft during the transit through the belts. The radiation shielding inside the spacecraft cuts down the 14 Rads/hour exposure so that it is completely harmless.