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All of the probes that have gone to Jupiter have had that same hard engineering problem, and we've yet to lose much science because of it.
by greglindahl 8y ago
All of the probes that have gone to Jupiter have had that same hard engineering problem, and we've yet to lose much science because of it.
- wlesieutre 8y agoPartly radiation shielding, partly planning orbits to avoid it as much as possible. If you’re on a moon you don’t have the luxury of avoiding anything.
- Florin_Andrei 8y agoOTOH, if you're on a moon then you can use the moon itself as a shield. Just burrow below the surface. Most natural sources cannot penetrate more than a few meters (dozens of meters at most) through rock and/or ice.