> Getting in a tin can with a rocket on your back and flying to Mars is never going to be a safe thing to do - Ruth Bamford, Rutherford lab Haha. In all serio

> Getting in a tin can with a rocket on your back and flying to Mars is never going to be a safe thing to do - Ruth Bamford, Rutherford lab Haha. In all seriousness, is the essence of the article saying that placing strong enough magnets around a rocket that will exit the Earth's magnetosphere is enough to protect against most kinds of cosmic rays?