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It's elevated but within today's (conservative) lifetime exposure limits. A trip to Mars would add a couple percentage points to your odds of getting cancer. Co
by jccooper 9y ago
It's elevated but within today's (conservative) lifetime exposure limits. A trip to Mars would add a couple percentage points to your odds of getting cancer. Considering the numerous other ways such a trip could kill you, that's really rather in the noise.
- valuearb 9y agoGiven that most of these cancers are 20-30 years after your trip, and treatments and cure rates improve over time, the risk is likely even lower than our current estimates.