Re:Let's Colonize Titan
by falcolas on Sunday November 27, 2016 @10:18AM
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> if you can solve the cosmic ray problem for the journey to Titan, you also just solved it for colonizing Mars.
Not necessarily, if the solution involves "go faster to reduce exposure". Going faster seems a lot more feasible than creating the appropriate protection.
Re:Let's Colonize Titan
by eganist on Sunday November 27, 2016 @10:44AM
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Even if we find a way to go faster by a decent multiple, your looking at over a year of radiation exposure known to cause substantial brain damage. The shielding tech will still need to be researched... so might as well just stick to Mars
Not necessarily, if the solution involves "go faster to reduce exposure". Going faster seems a lot more feasible than creating the appropriate protection.