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Re:The Worsening Cosmic Ray Situation by avian on Thursday March 08, 2018 @01:51AM (#16542804)
Mars colony helps with asteroid impacts. For interstellar events, like gamma ray bursts, distance between Earth and Mars makes no difference.
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Re:The Worsening Cosmic Ray Situation by jlebrech on Saturday March 10, 2018 @01:05PM (#16559453)
that's assuming the centre of the burst is earth or the sun, but a glancing ray could kill all life on earth and still not touch mars?
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