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Because if you travel in interstellar space for long enough, you are almost certain to experience problematic levels of DNA damage and get cancer.
by tardo99 9y ago
Because if you travel in interstellar space for long enough, you are almost certain to experience problematic levels of DNA damage and get cancer.
- the8472 9y agoThere are additional planetary bodies in the solar system and it is probably easier (relatively speaking) to build a sustainable habitat on one than building a completely self-sustaining inter-stellar spaceship.
- dwaltrip 9y agoThe technology exists today to provide adequate shielding... Hell, as I recall, a simple buffer of several feet of water surrounding the living quarters would do the trick.
- trevyn 9y agoYou don't need to travel through interstellar space to get to Mars.