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Re:NASA officials sound alarm over future of the Deep Space ... by lightspot21 on Thursday August 31, 2023 @07:46PM (#37345012)
Lead wrapping thick enough to sufficiently protect against radiation damage is very, very heavy. Beyond LEO, excessive weight is still ridiculously expensive.
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Re:NASA officials sound alarm over future of the Deep Space ... by anigbrowl on Friday September 01, 2023 @11:51AM (#37352360)
My point being that it's the hardening that's expensive, not the storage itself. I don't think you need that much lead to shield increasingly tiny storage media.
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