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I'm pretty sure a nearby gamma ray burst would sterilize the whole solar system.
by readams 10y ago
I'm pretty sure a nearby gamma ray burst would sterilize the whole solar system.
- danieltillett 10y agoI was under the impression that it is not the gamma rays that would get you but the destruction of the ozone layer [1]. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-Earth_supernova https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-Earth_supernova
- jessaustin 10y agoMars doesn't have an ozone layer, so it's not clear that it would be more inhabitable than Earth with a degraded ozone layer. Even if we had to live underground for a while and lots of things died, we'd still be breathing oxygen and using tools that already exist here.