Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!69.80.99.26.MISMATCH!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.supernews.com!news.supernews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 21:18:18 +0000 From: john larkin Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Shielding spacecraft against cosmic radiation Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 14:18:18 -0700 Message-ID: <34h1vihp32geb2olkcscfksbr8k0bdgdmu@4ax.com> References: User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 21 X-Trace: sv3-ZoUNUcVSfqczY16Sxx/nZY4oXSPga/OSOGcfDIv6B2PDuTxFnOUbvbt0ADlRsBKSjWrhiJXDhXcFh0n!mJvNhRpsZpmJtFs3oAyY9c90efjMuI9iOYsUW3RvylnUhQ012cXd5jr1LQ/p5LqUYjtuP04mxAb0!VFVMGA== X-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/abuse.html X-DMCA-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 1928 On Tue, 12 Mar 2024 06:22:55 GMT, Jan Panteltje wrote: >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/ > >bit of static oelectricity, 1 MV ? That's all absurd, cramming a crew into a tiny dark cylinder, deep inside tons of magnets, to reduce their radiation exposure a little. Space is not people-friendly. Earth is. Traveling to or living on Mars woud be lethal. Living on the moon would be bad too.