[ExI] Will cosmic rays stop human space travel? (BillK)

[Alfio Puglisi]

On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Stuart LaForge <avant at sollegro.com> wrote:

> Maybe I am missing something obvious here, but if the problem is high
> energy charged particle radiation like protons, then why not just give the
> spacecraft a magnetic field?
>

Someone is working on that:

http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2008/nov/06/magnetic-shield-could-protect-spacecraft

Alfio
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