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From: Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Shielding spacecraft against cosmic radiation
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 07:09:47 GMT
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On a sunny day (Tue, 12 Mar 2024 14:18:18 -0700) it happened john larkin
<jl@650pot.com> wrote in <34h1vihp32geb2olkcscfksbr8k0bdgdmu@4ax.com>:

>On Tue, 12 Mar 2024 06:22:55 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
>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.

Yes that may be more dangerus, tha tI why I like the elctrostatic solution.


>Space is not people-friendly. Earth is.
>
>Traveling to or living on Mars woud be lethal. Living on the moon
>would be bad too.

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