Buzz Aldrin Blazing a Trail to Mars

techmaven writes: "In an exclusive, two-part article, Special Report: Buzz Aldrin Blazing a Trail to Mars and Buzz Aldrin's Mars Vision: There and Back Again, the legendary astronaut, whose footprints still dot the windless surface of the moon, describes his vision of the next step in space exploration. Cruise ships to Mars, but not with shuffleboard or bad lounge entertainers ..."

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Re:What problem is this supposed to solve?

[MegaGremlin]

I thought that Mini-Magnetospheric Plasma Propulsion (M2P2) was supposed to solve this problem.

For human travelers the greatest advantage of M2P2 might not be steady acceleration or fuel efficiency, but rather its impressive safety features. Just as the Earth's magnetosphere protects us from solar radiation, an M2P2 bubble could shield spacefarers from cosmic rays and solar flares.

Emphasis mine.