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Radiation Challenges of MannedCrewed Gas Giant Missions

I was thinking about how easy it would be to perform a mannedcrewed tour of the Jovian/Saturnian moons, given the low DeltaV, and the abundant opportunities for potential ISRU.

Then, I remembered with that now-familiar sinking feeling that both gas giants, Jupiter especially, have intense radiation fields in the form of trapped charged particles.

Considering this would be the main hazard, I wonder if any proposals have been put forward to allow for a near-future (next 50 years) mission to either system, and how they proposed to deal with it...

Radiation Challenges of Manned Gas Giant Missions

I was thinking about how easy it would be to perform a manned tour of the Jovian/Saturnian moons, given the low DeltaV, and the abundant opportunities for potential ISRU.

Then, I remembered with that now-familiar sinking feeling that both gas giants, Jupiter especially, have intense radiation fields in the form of trapped charged particles.

Considering this would be the main hazard, I wonder if any proposals have been put forward to allow for a near-future (next 50 years) mission to either system, and how they proposed to deal with it...

Radiation Challenges of Crewed Gas Giant Missions

I was thinking about how easy it would be to perform a crewed tour of the Jovian/Saturnian moons, given the low DeltaV, and the abundant opportunities for potential ISRU.

Then, I remembered with that now-familiar sinking feeling that both gas giants, Jupiter especially, have intense radiation fields in the form of trapped charged particles.

Considering this would be the main hazard, I wonder if any proposals have been put forward to allow for a near-future (next 50 years) mission to either system, and how they proposed to deal with it...

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Radiation Challenges of Manned Gas Giant Missions

I was thinking about how easy it would be to perform a manned tour of the Jovian/Saturnian moons, given the low DeltaV, and the abundant opportunities for potential ISRU.

Then, I remembered with that now-familiar sinking feeling that both gas giants, Jupiter especially, have intense radiation fields in the form of trapped charged particles.

Considering this would be the main hazard, I wonder if any proposals have been put forward to allow for a near-future (next 50 years) mission to either system, and how they proposed to deal with it...