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Could be the walls of the hangar to be hardened, not necessarily the whole equipment. I'm not sure if it would be less expensive though

• themanmaran 3y ago
  It's just heavier that way. The easiest way to rad harden things is to stick them in a big lead box. But that's not ideal for shipping things to space. Alternatively I've seen some companies successfully rad-hardening from the software level. Effectively software that is tolerant to random bit flips.
  • JumpCrisscross 3y ago
    > easiest way to rad harden things is to stick them in a big lead box Or work in a permanent shadow. Cosmic rays are easier to deal with than solar radiation.
    • shagie 3y ago
      This makes power generation a bit more challenging. There are sun synchronous orbits (and the orbit at the dawn/dusk terminator is an interesting one - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun-synchronous_orbit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun-synchronous_orbit ), but there isn't an easy orbit around the Earth such that it is always in shadow... or rather, that's the Earth/Sun L2 point... which is where the JWST is. At that distance you lose the magnetic shielding of the Earth (and makes it even more expensive to get materials to and from it).