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jimlup

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12. So you preferentially shield some areas...
Wed Feb 27, 2013, 05:56 PM
Feb 2013

I guess I'm interested in the calculations. I'd like to see how far off the numbers are. I guess I could look at it myself. I'm sure that the date for interplanetary radiation profile is on the web.

I'd construct a special hardened area for sleeping and to stay in during a "storm" and then a lighter area for normal activities. I don't think carbon nanotubes would provide enough radiation protection. Certainly no more than carbon fiber itself.

This message was self-deleted by its author guyton Feb 2013 #1
Anyone who is inclined to commit suicide might want to volunteer. nt Auntie Bush Feb 2013 #2
FWIW, that's what was said when the space program first started... Blue_Tires Feb 2013 #10
+1 cleanhippie Feb 2013 #15
I'd be inclined to commit suicide DesertRat Mar 2013 #35
LOL Auntie Bush Mar 2013 #36
High Denisty Polyethylene and water. Romulus Quirinus Feb 2013 #8
I would think at some certain age it may be a lure lunasun Mar 2013 #29
I watched the press conference - looks good. nt bananas Feb 2013 #3
I've never understood why you don't just surround the living area in jimlup Feb 2013 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author guyton Feb 2013 #7
So you preferentially shield some areas... jimlup Feb 2013 #12
A cubic metre of water weighs one ton Posteritatis Feb 2013 #16
Yeah but you've got to carry O2 and H2 anyway... jimlup Feb 2013 #20
Well, no chance for cheating jsr Feb 2013 #5
Piece of cake. A lunar gravity assist, 6 months in hypersleep, Nye Bevan Feb 2013 #6
I'd go, but I would have to find a husband who is willing to go to Mars RebelOne Feb 2013 #9
And they have to name their kid Valentine Michael Smith. McCamy Taylor Feb 2013 #11
I grok that (nt) TupperHappy Feb 2013 #13
Imagine if the family name was Robinson? AsahinaKimi Feb 2013 #14
My understanding is that the capsule is supposed to be REALLY small... brooklynite Feb 2013 #17
For those of us of a certain age Doctor_J Mar 2013 #24
Wife could get pregnant and give birth in 501 days--it just occurred to me. Peace Patriot Feb 2013 #18
Government agencies are too risk averse today to attempt something of this nature. Neurotica Feb 2013 #22
When they say "middle-aged", they may well mean "post-menopausal" for the woman muriel_volestrangler Mar 2013 #26
They could pick a same-sex couple Retrograde Mar 2013 #33
Its a little optimistic - but the job can be done Cobalt-60 Feb 2013 #19
Lets see how long it takes... davidthegnome Feb 2013 #21
Already been done. Xithras Mar 2013 #31
Just a word of advice-- Art_from_Ark Mar 2013 #23
Wait, this? Doctor_J Mar 2013 #25
I volunteer Mitt and Anne. gateley Mar 2013 #27
that would be marvelous DesertRat Mar 2013 #34
Tito has been pushing this for a long time - appears he is serious! Wow lunasun Mar 2013 #28
A couple that spent 270 days in Antarctica on their own: muriel_volestrangler Mar 2013 #30
Wanted: Wife, for trip of a lifetime. nt One_Life_To_Give Mar 2013 #32
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