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Would living underground on Mars mitigate this?

• Ajedi32 7y ago
  Yes, assuming you can get to Mars fast enough to mitigate the risk during transit. The article author argues that underground living spaces are difficult to build and that Titan is therefore a better option, though personally I find that a rather unconvincing argument. Compared to the difficulty of getting to Mars, building underground habitats seems pretty straightforward in my uninformed opinion.
  • onlyrealcuzzo 7y ago
    Haven't humans spent more than year in space? How is it not a problem from the ISS? Is that still protected by Earth's magnetic shield -- or whatever it is that protects us from Cosmic Radiation?
    • xref 7y ago
      Astronauts are still within the Van Allen belts so largely protected unless a solar flare deforms the field enough to weaken their protection. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Allen_radiation_belt https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Allen_radiation_belt