Tales of the Heliosphere

Back on March 31, 2005, in a post on biomimetics called "Shellfish in Space" (here) we speculated that the large radiation bands on Mars could provide natural protection for human colonists.

Now the author of the space-oriented website Beyond Earth has suggested the same thing based on the new evidence that the magnetic fields we wrote about last year are strong enough to cause auroras on Mars. (Here.) Beyond Earth's post includes detailed information on the radiation environment found on Mars and methods for mitigating the danger.

Now if only we could get somebody to speed up the timeline for human exploration of the Red Planet.

-tdr

Labels: Mars