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To reduce radiation in interplanetary travel, you could surround the passengers with water. By which I mean, the inner skin of your hull would be full of water
by OnlyMortal 3y ago
To reduce radiation in interplanetary travel, you could surround the passengers with water.
By which I mean, the inner skin of your hull would be full of water.
You could do similar on the surface of a planet for the habitat.
- throwaway290 3y agoThe original comment said 85% of marine life on Earth was wiped by a gamma burst some time ago. Marine
- OnlyMortal 3y agoThat might well be true but not by direct radiation. Consider reduced light reducing photosynthesis and the knock-on from that. Eco-system collapse.
- throwaway290 3y agoFair enough. Can there be direct radiation threat if it happens within 100 ly away though? I mean if yes then we'd be still rollin the dice...