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absoluteally t1_j240is0 wrote

It also gives a location to test how humans fair from a longer period of time above the van allen belts given the ISS is protected from much of the radiation of deep space and going to mars will need people to survive radiation for much longer than the week previously tried.

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tempejkl t1_j25dtco wrote

Mars has a thin atmosphere. Would that also not mean a small amount of protection? (More than Lunar orbit)

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absoluteally t1_j25gia7 wrote

Was more thinking about the transit. In mars the suggestions seem to be covering bases in regolith due to the minimal protection from the very thin atmosphere.

Note earths protection comes from a combination of atmosphere and magnetic field.

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