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Re:Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species [video] by goatlover on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @04:55PM (#12593112)
And how do you protect yourself from radiation on Mars, given its thin atmosphere and lack of magnetic field?
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Re:Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species [video] by enraged_camel on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @06:43PM (#12593861)
Mars's thin atmosphere does provide significant levels of radiation shielding, such that surface radiation levels are comparable to those in low-Earth orbit:

http://www.space.com/18504-mars-rover-curiosity-astronaut-ra...

The Moon, on the other hand, is baldly exposed:

https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2005/0...

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