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Re:NASA Twins Study: How stressful will a trip to Mars be on... by mikeytown2 on Tuesday January 31, 2017 @07:38PM (#13536976)
I wonder if you could re-create a magnetosphere by wrapping the entire planet in wire. Thinking this would be feasible once cheap high temperature superconductors are available that don't "quench" [1]. Sigh.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconducting_magnet#Magnet_...

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Re:NASA Twins Study: How stressful will a trip to Mars be on... by namlem on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @01:54PM (#13543707)
Thick plastic would provide adequate shielding from radiation, and could one day be made from local materials. Or we could just live underground. Fiber optics could be used to channel sunlight deep underground.
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