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Most of the materials could surely be found on Mars. A shelter built out of sandbags would be a low tech solution that would get you a large part of the way the
by dmurray 2y ago
Most of the materials could surely be found on Mars. A shelter built out of sandbags would be a low tech solution that would get you a large part of the way there.
Further, Mars itself shields you from half the radiation (at night), the Martian atmosphere shields you from a little more, and Mars is further away from the Sun on average than an Earth-Mars spaceship.
Radiation during transit really does seem like a bigger issue.
- pmontra 2y agoThere are also cosmic rays. They come from every direction, so even at night. An experiment measured that kind of radiation about 20 years ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Radiation_Environment_Experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Radiation_Environment_Exp...
- dmurray 2y agoThe planet still shields you from half of those.