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whoa 1. Is this the reason moon missions got a lower dose from the VA belt than expected? 2. Are we concerned about the long term decrease in genetic change f
by awinter-py 9y ago
whoa
1. Is this the reason moon missions got a lower dose from the VA belt than expected?
2. Are we concerned about the long term decrease in genetic change from filtering out charged particles? Or it it only relevant to solar particles, not cosmic?
3. Would this substantially reduce cancer rates?
- Piskvorrr 9y ago1. Maybe, hard to tell at this point. 2. Probably not. 3. Unlikely, there are too many other factors (e.g. UV radiation is unaffected).
- strainer 9y agoThere may be a possibility that this could affect autoimmune disease. Incidence of Rheumatoid arthritis has mysteriously been correlated to the solar cycle and geomagnetic conditions. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150615142841.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150615142841.h...
- dmd 9y agoAs for (2), regardless of particle type -- we've been creating this field for, what, <100 years? Genetic change of that type happens on a scale 3 to 5 orders of magnitude greater than that. If we maintain this field for another thousand centuries, then maybe we should start thinking about those kind of effects.
- astrodust 9y agoBananas, which are relatively high in naturally radioactive potassium, are going to cause more cancer than this.
- bsder 9y agoAs to 3, reducing coal usage would do more. Coal has enough radioactive sulfur that Chinese pollution swamps the levels of radiation emitted by Fukushima, for example.