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Originally Posted by JayUtah
However for long-duration missions that won't work. Radiation mitigation is a primary design criterion, so we can't just re-use Apollo designs and strategies. That doesn't mean we "still don't know how to do it." I means we have a different problem now than we had. Engineers aren't put off by problems that haven't been solved yet: that's what engineers like.
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I have always wondered if there would be some way to generate a strong local magnetic field to protect astronauts in much the same way Earth's magnetic field protects us. Many books (
Red Mars for example) have the travelers hide in the middle of large water tanks. I have not read a sci fi book that used magnetic fields. Imagine a giant MRI in the sky.
Is this even marginally possible?