November 2016
Moon or Mars - NASA’s next logical step?
...no atmosphere or weather, and affords no protection from cosmic radiation. Day and night cycles equal about 14 Earth days... not create significant problems but the effects of cosmic radiation and weightlessness could obviously not be factored into such...
February 2022
Extremophiles as a blueprint for universal life
...extraordinary findings suggest that one day it may be possible to protect workers from radiation in nuclear facilities, astronauts from the effects of cosmic radiation on long voyages or possibly help human colonies grow crops in extreme environments...
April 2024
Terraformal dreaming
..., Chad, tries to remove his helmet and his face explodes). “Even in a suit,” Andersen continues, “you’d be vulnerable to cosmic radiation, and dust storms that occasionally coat the entire Martian globe in clouds of skin-burning particulates, small...
June 2022
Protecting crews in interplanetary ships and space colonies from the space environment
... humans. Indeed, the dangers of high-energy solar and galactic radiation, as well as long-term weightlessness, were unknown in 1948...rockets and spaceships, but also protection of the crew from cosmic radiation. As a result of the impact of the heavy ...
February 2019
Reflections on the future human condition
... genetic heredity, by implanting homeostatic systems to facilitate his breathing, to control his internal temperature, protect him from cosmic radiation, regulate all body flows, improve his sensory abilities, and manage his “psychoses”, etc. In half...
June 2015
European lab in the sky: OP-SAT and new potential for ESA spacecraft
... variations once there, delays and breaks in communication opportunities with ground and exposure to solar wind and cosmic radiation are just some of the factors that combine to stress a satellite’s on board control systems in ways that can...
