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Sun May Disrupt Spacecraft and Satellites In Coming Decades
dtjohnson writes "A newly published study (abstract) predicts that solar storms are going to become increasingly disruptive to satellites and communications in the coming decades as the sun cycles towards a minimum of activity. 'The work, published in Geophysical Research Letters, predicts that once the Sun shifts toward an era of lower solar activity, more hazardous radiation will reach Earth. The team says the Sun is currently at a grand solar maximum. This phase began in the 1920s — and has lasted throughout the space age....The evidence seems to indicate that although there are fewer solar storms once the Sun leaves its grand maximum, they are more powerful, faster and therefore carry more particles.'"
I knew Oracle buying Sun would be a bad thing, but seriously, why would they want to screw up our communication system?
Do you Gentoo!?
We really should have a "-1, Incoherent Babbling" mod option.
"People who think they know everything are very annoying to those of us who do."-Mark Twain
No, small amounts of aluminum mesh.
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Polarize the hull plating
at least til we invent shield technology
we could also reconfigure the main deflector dish.