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Probably not. It looks like that's primarily for gamma. In space, cosmic rays are much much more powerful and catastrophic for cells. Water is actually probabl
by mechhacker 7y ago
Probably not. It looks like that's primarily for gamma. In space, cosmic rays are much much more powerful and catastrophic for cells.
Water is actually probably the best shield, because you'll need it to support humans along the way. Gamma still is a risk but I think the concern has mainly been higher speed subatomic particles.
Anything with heavy nuclei actually produces significant and also highly damaging secondary radiation when hit by fast moving, heavy nuclei, cosmic rays.
Another interesting thing: Apollo astronauts could see sparkles in their eyes from the radiation effects of getting hit by cosmic rays travelling through their skulls.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_ray_visual_phenomena https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_ray_visual_phenomena
- moneytide1 7y agoCan we combine both Zn Br 2 and water? https://youtu.be/yB2v4_7UhLA?t=665 https://youtu.be/yB2v4_7UhLA?t=665
- moneytide1 7y ago< sparkles in their eyes Does the iron core of Earth imply magnetic repellent of the sight of these Cosmic ray retina inducing sparkles?
- mechhacker 7y agoNo, the atmosphere blocks almost all of it. If it weren't for that, we'd be hit constantly. Their influence on weather/cloud formation is an active area of research https://home.cern/news/news/experiments/cosmic-rays-clouds https://home.cern/news/news/experiments/cosmic-rays-clouds
- pmontra 7y agoI stood by this cosmic trays detector [1] in a station of the metro of Naples, Italy, for a few minutes. I saw quite a few cosmic rays passing through the detector. [1] https://www.researchitaly.it/en/news/surprise-in-naples-subway-there-is-an-infn-cosmic-ray-detector/ https://www.researchitaly.it/en/news/surprise-in-naples-subw...