SPACECRAFT MAGNETOSPHERES
Nov 04, 2021
3 minutes
henever the USS Enterprise encounters hazards – be they physical or electromagnetic – captains Kirk and Picard call for the shields to go up; these force fields form an elliptical shell around the ship, keeping the crew safe. While we’re a long way off levels of protection, we really do need something to minimise crew radiation exposure on flights beyond Earth orbit. Current Mars plans propose creating a small solar storm shelter surrounded by water or layers of hydrogen-rich plastics
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