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Setting aside the question of "compared to what?" (I presume they mean "more than normal folk"), I think it's more fun to brainstorm the question of "what could
by mabbo 4y ago
Setting aside the question of "compared to what?" (I presume they mean "more than normal folk"), I think it's more fun to brainstorm the question of "what could be done to prevent this?"
I'm guessing that the mutation danger is because space is just full of radiation that various layers around the earth give us partial protection from. So what can be done in a hypothetical spacecraft to get the same level of protection?
If we want to send people to Mars, or live in large numbers in space, these are fundamental problems to solve.
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- mxkopy 4y agoOf the proposed solutions, this one is my favorite: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiotrophic_fungus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiotrophic_fungus I'd like to think that in this universe the best spacecraft asymptotically approach being a mushroom
- mabbo 4y agoOh that is a delightful idea. Now if we could breed them to also somehow produce usable fuel as a means of energy storage...
- green-salt 4y agoMaybe this is the beginning of living ships like in Farscape.