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To: staytrue

crew’will be dead from radiation on any long term voyage to another solar system. even in our own probably.


18 posted on 09/16/2013 11:30:37 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

“crew’will be dead from radiation on any long term voyage to another solar system. even in our own probably.”

I think you could use a superconductor to generate a magnetic field to envelope the ship and deflect most of the radiation much as the earth’s magnetic field does.


19 posted on 09/17/2013 6:27:31 AM PDT by staytrue
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