Re: Shielding spacecraft against cosmic radiation

On Wed, 13 Mar 2024 07:09:47 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
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On a sunny day (Tue, 12 Mar 2024 14:18:18 -0700) it happened john larkin
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On Tue, 12 Mar 2024 06:22:55 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
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Shields up: New ideas might make active shielding viable
Active shielding was first proposed in the '60s. We’re finally close to making it work.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/03/shields-up-new-ideas-might-make-active-shielding-viable/
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bit of static oelectricity, 1 MV ?

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That's all absurd, cramming a crew into a tiny dark cylinder, deep
inside tons of magnets, to reduce their radiation exposure a little.

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Yes that may be more dangerus, tha tI why I like the elctrostatic solution.
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Space is not people-friendly. Earth is.
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Traveling to or living on Mars woud be lethal. Living on the moon
would be bad too.

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Maybe we could convert some comet, live inside it,
use its material for power water and  shelter
and put an engine on it and start interstellar travel:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CA%BBOumuamua

This is

https://www.barrons.com/news/protect-earth-instead-of-colonising-mars-obama-says-1df83940

the most sensible thing I can recall Obama ever saying.

Let's feed and educate a billion kids instead of putting victims on
the moon or on Mars.