Space Radiation Too Deadly For Mars Mission

[Chipstone306]

I still think that this will be a sticking point for the mission. Hm trip to mars and cancer to boot .....not a lot of astronauts age going to sign up for that i think

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/080331-radiation-shielding.html

 

[TSPenguin]

Wasn't that exactly the reason why they wanted to send fairly old astronauts?!?

 

[MJR]

I still think that this will be a sticking point for the mission. Hm trip to mars and cancer to boot .....not a lot of astronauts age going to sign up for that i think

http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/080331-radiation-shielding.html

I still think that we will go to Mars. Things like this happens, and eventually they find out how to fix it. After all, this would make the Ares progam even worse if they decided to cancel Mars/Moon missions.

 

[helpme]

The temperature must normal, neither cold nor hot.

 

[simonpro]

My god, why don't we all just dig ourselves into holes on the ground to protect us from any sort of danger we might ever possibly face?
Sorry if I sound angry, but it really is depressing how risk-averse we have become.
Yes radiation is a problem, but rather than simply saying "can't do it" why dont these experts actually try and find a way to make it possible?

 

[Ghostrider]

Sorry if I sound angry, but it really is depressing how risk-averse we have become.

Welcome to the "scared new world"...

 

[Urwumpe]

Also, I would like to remember that the radiation estimates depend largely on WHO you ask. Hard radiation measurements for a trip to mars are pretty rare, if I remember correctly. Most probes had different objectives and power allocations, than measuring radiation on the trip to mars.

 

[razgriz31m]

"Houston, we have a problem"

 

[Urwumpe]

If I remember correctly, a few cm of water around the radiation bunker is enough even for the worse estimates. Bad: Water is one of the densest liquids around.

 

[C3PO]

My god, why don't we all just dig ourselves into holes on the ground to protect us from any sort of danger we might ever possibly face?

LOL! This reminds me of a story I heard.
Two Danish comedians went to Afghanistan to entertain the troops. Time was a bit short to get all the vaccinations shots, and since the camp was in the mountains (where there are no mosquitoes), they decided to skip the malaria vaccination.
When they were about to leave for the trip, someone remembered that a plane had to be diverted because it came under fire. The comedians were told that if that was the case, and they had to land in the lower area, they had to watch out for mosquitoes.
One of them answered "So if someone is shooting at us, we have to watch out for mosquitoes?" :lol:

 

[Donamy]

Is there Lead on the moon ?

 

[bujin]

Ok, here's a question for you.

If you had the chance to go down in history as the first person to set foot on Mars, but in doing so, you would invariably die either on Mars or a short time after returning from radiation sickness and/or cancer, would you do it?

 

[Chipstone306]

To enhance mans footprint of discovery in the solar system to an actual planet.......yes i would do it

 

[TSPenguin]

If it were certain that this mission will kill you, i would do it if the mission plan allowed me to stay there.
Trying to further science and farting on mars. What else is there?!

 

[FordPrefect]

I don't know, but the headline of that article looks plain wrong.

"Space Radiation too deadly for Mars Mission"

Sounds like there could be radiation levels which are less deadly and more deadly, lol. Isn't that a really bad case of linguistic comparison of an non-comparative adjective?

Sorry for getting slightly off-topic.

 

[Urwumpe]

Well, I think things can be more deadly and less deadly, if you see deadly as a chance to become dead.

For example: Having the wrong skin or hair color in rural regions of Germany is deadly, but using Arsenic for getting the healthy green color in your Mohawk is more deadly.

 

[Zatnikitelman]

Hmm, let's see, have to expend a few more pounds of fuel to get a few pounds more water up into Orbit to shield the mothership...hmm...
Yea seriously, have they heard of shielding? If it's a problem of power or something else, just put some ISS sized arrays on the darn ship! Add some ion engines to make up for the mass, or atleast do something other than let a few stray protons and electrons ruin humanity's first tenative steps outside our baby cradle.

 

[adamb193]

Just a question, how can the radiation be too deadly? If it is a bit deadly you are still dead.

 

[Zatnikitelman]

Well, you're receiving radiation right now that isn't too deadly. It's called "whatever our atmosphere and magnetic field can't filter out plus whatever happens to be in the planet" radiation. If you can get radiation to low enough levels, cell mutation will be manageable enough for your immune system to handle, and other systems won't be affected beyond manageable levels.

 

[adamb193]

Ahh... Miss read, Thought it said DeadlySpace Radiation Too Deadly For Mars Mission, Dyslexsia.