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Permanent magnets that would be strong enough to be effective would be too heavy. Too heavy for what? Anyway, you took the magnets or lead suggestions too lite
by narag 9y ago
Permanent magnets that would be strong enough to be effective would be too heavy.
Too heavy for what? Anyway, you took the magnets or lead suggestions too literally. They were in the broad direction of using a material isolation or some kind of electromagnetic shield. Why permanent magnets BTW?
- stcredzero 9y agoBecause you only said "magnets" so I debunked your proposal by subsets of the set "magnets" -- first tackling the permanent kind, then electromagnets. in the broad direction of using a material isolation or some kind of electromagnetic shield. Water would work as a shielding material. 6' of lunar or martian regolith would work as well. As for "some kind of electromagnetic shield" note that a huge electric charge would be relatively easy to establish, which would repel particles of like charge. However, this would cause particles of the opposite electric charge to rush towards what you're trying to shield, so that particle flow would have to be managed with a magnetic field. This has been discussed and researched since at least the 60's, actually. Managing such particle flows would involve a whole lot of engineering research and not an insignificant amount of power.
- narag 9y agoThe point I'm trying to make, and it seems I'm failing miserably, is that whatever it needs to be done will be done. Unless astronauts' life is considered expendable. A lot of engineering research? not an insignificant amount of power? too heavy? Do "cyclers" need realignement? Are they slow? So what? Should we pack dozens of astronauts and hope at least a handful survive? That's the least realistic option IMO.