A cool thing I hadn't heard about with the Curiosity probe is that it's been measuring radiation levels inside its spacecraft, so that we have a better idea about how astronauts might fare. Clever!
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Mars Curiosity Makes First Discovery—And It's Crucial for Human Interplanetary Travel
The Mars Curiosity hasn't even made it to Mars yet and it's already made a discovery that vital the future of manned space travel: The exact type of radiation astronauts would likely encounter on thei…
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I'll never get into space, so I'm working on a gamma bomb in my basement.
As long as you're not signalling to Moilids from down there.