[ExI] Will cosmic rays stop human space travel?

Michael Roberts mike at 7f.com
Fri May 1 21:15:18 UTC 2015


1 cosmic ray error per 256Mb ram per month .. but of course you'd
assume any viable long term machine intelligence would have the
equivalent of ECC

source: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/solar-storms-fast-facts/

MR

>
> Shielding solutions are still speculative. Much faster rockets would reduce
> exposure time.
>
> Not a problem for intelligences without a soft tissue brain of course.
>
> BillK



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