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The fantastic four were right after all. Space radiation is no joke.
by gatane 4y ago
The fantastic four were right after all. Space radiation is no joke.
- astrobe_ 4y agoJoke aside, even for regular flight crews and passengers, it is a subject of concerns [1]. [1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11603132/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11603132/
- winternett 4y agoThe idea of how they recycle drinking water is also of high concern to me personally... What if the equipment breaks or underperforms? People constantly act as if science and technology is flawless in execution, but in reality it rarely is. There is also space radiation and other factors that can easily affect bio organisms, without any way of knowing what happened here on earth. COmpared to the ideals of Star Trek, we are still vastly primitive in terms of understanding space... Makes me kinda sad how much safety needs to be risked just to explore the outer bounds.
- homonculus1 4y agoYou're putting the cart before the horse. Exploration is cool BECAUSE it's risky. If it were a walk in the park it would just be data entry.