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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."

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  1. Re:Oh crap. by SnowZero · · Score: 0, Troll

    Huh? Let me put it this way, Mr. Wormhole. Space qualified CPUs go into the most reliable computers ever made. No radiation-hardened computer has ever made a mistake or distorted information. They are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error.