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Sibling comment is a good summary of most of the issues. I would add that you would lose quite a bit in payload mass to the additional shielding you would need
by tjpnz 4y ago
Sibling comment is a good summary of most of the issues. I would add that you would lose quite a bit in payload mass to the additional shielding you would need so as to not fry your electronics/kill your crew. This would be in addition to what you would already be carrying to protect against existing ionising radiation from solar flares and alike.
- _8j50 4y agoYour last point about having to do radiation shielding anyways is interesring. I wonder if there are now materials or designs that can address this since it was firsr researched in the 70s and 80s.