Getting around the planets has one major challenge – cosmic rays. A continual shower of high-energy particles that electrocute cells with every passage through our bodies is a slow way to get cancer and degrade one’s nervous system. Now an engineer has a better idea…
Forget rockets – go to Mars in a cosmic fruit bowl – space – 13 October 2007 – New Scientist Space
…electrostatic deflection of the particles, at least the lower energy ones that do the most damage because of their overwhelming numbers.
