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Crystal impervious to radiation could be used in spaceship computers

4 April 2023

Putting two forms of semiconductor material called gallium oxide together seems to make it completely resistant to radiation

Illustration of Mars being bombarded with solar radiation

Mars astronauts would get unsafe radiation doses even with shielding

12 August 2022

Simulations show that a 1000-day mission to Mars would expose astronauts to radiation doses above 1 sievert, even with metal shielding

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