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Agree that interstellar travel is impossible with current tech. But based on what I know, I don't see any reason to believe a manned mission to Mars is impossi
by TimTheTinker 2y ago
Agree that interstellar travel is impossible with current tech.
But based on what I know, I don't see any reason to believe a manned mission to Mars is impossible with current technology.
Do you have specific reasons we can't, or examples of technological gaps?
- JPLeRouzic 2y ago- One year in weightlessness will almost disable someone and give him blindness, rapid bone loss, cachexia, cardiovascular problems, and sometimes immune diseases. - One year enduring radiation sickness.
- TimTheTinker 2y ago- artificial gravity through rotation - various strategies to block incoming cosmic rays: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_ionizing_radiation_in_spaceflight https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_ionizing_radiatio.... In particular, hydrogen-rich plastics.