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https://phys.org/news/2017-03-nasa-magnetic-shield-mars-atmosphere.html#:~:text=In%20essence%2C%20they%20suggested%20that,from%20solar%20wind%20and%20radiation
by bpodgursky 5y ago
https://phys.org/news/2017-03-nasa-magnetic-shield-mars-atmosphere.html#:~:text=In%20essence%2C%20they%20suggested%20that,from%20solar%20wind%20and%20radiation https://phys.org/news/2017-03-nasa-magnetic-shield-mars-atmo....
> In answer to this challenge, Dr. Jim Green – the Director of NASA's Planetary Science Division – and a panel of researchers presented an ambitious idea. In essence, they suggested that by positioning a magnetic dipole shield at the Mars L1 Lagrange Point, an artificial magnetosphere could be formed that would encompass the entire planet, thus shielding it from solar wind and radiation.