A Mars Colony in Our Lifetimes?

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Re: A Mars Colony in Our Lifetimes?

Post by klr » Thu May 30, 2013 11:29 pm

mistermack wrote:Radiation in space seems to be a major problem, according to the latest info :

Rover radiation data poses manned Mars mission dilemma
Radiation a problem in space? No shit Sherlock. :hehe:

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EDIT: Much worse than bog-standard solar radiation is a full-on solar flare. :nervous:
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Re: A Mars Colony in Our Lifetimes?

Post by mistermack » Thu May 30, 2013 11:43 pm

Reading through the article, it's more detailed than what we knew before.

The solar radiation wouldn't be a problem in deep space, travelling to another star. But the galactic comsmic rays seem to be the worst, with high energy, passing easily through conventional shielding.
So they would have to find a way of deflecting them, to travel to another star. If six months travel to Mars puts you over the limit, 90,000 years travel to proxima centauri might clock up a lethal dose.
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