... where the magnetic field is strengthening and blue shows where it is weakening). This means the potential of enormous risk to electric power grids with maybe thousands of electrical transformers burned to a crisp. It also means vital satellites for...
Space travel has always been fraught with unknown potential perils, but now the risk of chronic dementia from galactic cosmic ray exposure could face astronomers on a long-haul trip to Mars say ...
... this issue. “We don’t know how bad this dust is. It all comes down to an effort to estimate the degree of risk involved,” says Kim Prisk, a pulmonary physiologist from the University of California with over 20 years of experience in human...
According to an email sent by SpaceX founder Elon Musk to his employees last week, the company faces a "genuine risk of bankruptcy" if issues surrounding the production of the Raptor engines that power SpaceX’s Starship vehicle cannot be resolved. ...
... damage. The trapped particles that constitute the Van Allen belts (protons and electrons) pose a serious risk to orbiting satellites because of their effects on sensitive electronic components However, in the last four years, commercial satellite...
... of 1000 times that of Earth, which means higher damage for the cell to repair and therefore a higher risk of misrepair. The question is, can we improve radiation resistance or increase the protection of astronauts? One way is to enhance shielding...