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Is EM radiation that can't be blocked by sheets of metal really an important problem? It looks like we can use magnetic fields to block charged particles and ap
by Hondor 10y ago
Is EM radiation that can't be blocked by sheets of metal really an important problem? It looks like we can use magnetic fields to block charged particles and apparently that's good enough for space travel - but perhaps not for a person's whole life.
http://www.sr2s.eu/project-news/19-eu-space-project-will-allow-astronauts-to-undergo-deep-space-travel http://www.sr2s.eu/project-news/19-eu-space-project-will-all...
- M_Grey 10y agoSheets of metal have a lot of issues, unless you bring hugely THICK sheets of dense metals. All you do with thinner shielding is turn your alpha/beta risk into a re-radiated gamma risk. Plus, dense shielding is heavy... and therefore expensive in terms of its Delta-v.