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Cosmic Rays Could Kill Astronauts Visiting Mars

Posted by timothy on from the tough-break-for-ahnold dept.

jvchamary writes "Given the recent stream of reports of 10th planets and the relative success of the NASA Discovery mission, it might again be time to get excited at the prospect of visiting the Red Planet. Unfortunately, New Scientist reports that Astronauts traveling to Mars would be exposed to so much cosmic radiation that 10% would die of cancer."

3 of 722 comments (clear)

  1. Re:That's Easy... by Ursa+Major · · Score: 0, Redundant
    We only send nine :)

    Obviously you are confused about the actual problem. If the mission needs 100 people to meet all its objectives then we have to send 111 so there will be 100 alive by the time they arrive. Let's not get into the details of the person with .1 cancer.

    It's a baker's dozen kind of thing.

  2. Here on Earth by tfcdesign · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Seems like more than 10% would die of cancer if they stayed here on Earth.

  3. Now that's a tan. by PHanT0 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    wahoo! bring on the 10,000 spf sunscreen!