02-15-2025, 12:02 AM
Lux Interior wrote:
Just add a few inches of lead shielding to the ship.
Jeez people...this isn't rocket...
Oh, wait...
The problem with "shielding..."
Passive shielding is effective at stopping lower energy particles. It can help protect against high energy particles, but to do so completely is costly due to enormous mass requirements. The total mass necessary to conservatively protect humans on a 500 day Mars mission with isotropically-placed shielding is estimated to be around 1280 metric tons, the equivalent of 32 heavy-lift launches...