Mars Science Lab Confirms Radiation Concerns

Credit: Inspiration Mars
Humans traveling to Mars aboard spacecraft developed with current technologies face a significant radiation threat, based on first-ever measurements of galactic cosmic radiation and solar electron protons gathered aboard NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory as it delivered the Curiosity rover to the red...

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